I'd have let it sit in the box personally. They're sealed in well enough to not allow much moisture in (as I recall from the two we got at work there's a silica gel packet thiggy to help with moisture in the box as well)
Warm moist in side air condensing on the cold internal parts I'd worry about. from apple: Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C) Storage temperature: -40° to 185° F (-40° to 85° C) Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing > > The 24" iMac arrived just a few minutes ago, it's sitting on desk > with the styrofoam protecting the screen as I wait for everything to > warm up to room temperature. It's -20 C today, the FedEx trucks > aren't heated according to the bearer of big box, and by all > accounts, the box has been in below zero temperatures for 24-36 > hours. And yes, there is such a thing as "too big." > > So anyone have any ideas on how long I should wait before I plug the > iMac to power? Should I leave the styrofoam cover on/off? Turn the > electric baseboard heater on high? I had thought MacTracker had > maximum/minimum temps but I'm not finding anything. > > Thanks > Steve R > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
