Re: Yes, there is such a thing as too big
At 2:41 PM -0500 1/6/2009, Steve R wrote: The 24 iMac arrived just a few minutes ago woohoo :D 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 Good plan. 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? Remove all the packing materials etc, so it gets good air circulation. Then give it 24 hours to come up to temperature and let the resulting condensation evaporate. Room temperature should be good enough, as long as the room isn't very humid. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Yes, there is such a thing as too big
At 2:50 PM -0500 1/6/09, Sam Macomber posted: 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 Thanks, Sam. I'd think Apple would list the temperatures somewhere in the Everything Mac booklet, or maybe even on the packing slip when they ship mid-winter to Canada. Otherwise they're assuming I already have a computer and access to their website. To be fair, the temperature ranges could be listed on a retail box -- this is refurbished in a plain brown box or two. 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Yes, there is such a thing as too big
On Jan 6, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Steve R wrote: At 2:50 PM -0500 1/6/09, Sam Macomber posted: 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 Thanks, Sam. I'd think Apple would list the temperatures somewhere in the Everything Mac booklet, or maybe even on the packing slip when they ship mid-winter to Canada. Otherwise they're assuming I already have a computer and access to their website. To be fair, the temperature ranges could be listed on a retail box -- this is refurbished in a plain brown box or two. you'd think that... I don't recall seeing it, though I didn't look at the packaging too hard. I just make a point of letting things sit for a while mid winter (I'm in Maine, it can get a little chilly here too) On the new computer congrats!i think I'm leaning in that direction now too, eyeballing the 2.8GHz 24 referbs. ;) -sam --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Yes, there is such a thing as too big
It depends on the local humidity, but I'd let it warm up 6-24 hours. Give it a week or two, though and it'll feel just right. Then you'll work on someone else's system with an old 20 or, heaven forfend, a 17 screen at 1024 x 768 and you'll be all What IS this puny thing I have to work with?? Let me get back to my *normal* computer! 8-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Yes, there is such a thing as too big
That's me every time I go home. 17 CRT at home(nice eMac CRT) and at work I have a 30. (quite honestly I DO need it. beats the hell out of dual 21 CRTs I used to work on.) -sam It depends on the local humidity, but I'd let it warm up 6-24 hours. Give it a week or two, though and it'll feel just right. Then you'll work on someone else's system with an old 20 or, heaven forfend, a 17 screen at 1024 x 768 and you'll be all What IS this puny thing I have to work with?? Let me get back to my *normal* computer! 8-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
