Free: 24" iMac (Early 2009)

[zombie67]

I have a 24" iMac that is free to any team mates who will also use it to crunch for the team.

http://support.apple.com/kb/sp507

Specifically, it is the 24-inch iMac (MB419LL/A).
24-inch glossy widescreen TFT active-matrix LCD, 1920 by 1200 pixels
2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
8gb RAM
640gb HD


The catch: I don't have the original packaging. So shipping is probably out of the question. I am in the bay area.

[Slicker]

Put it in a plastic bag, seal it with a twist tie, and the use expanding spray foam to fill the space between the bag and the box creating a perfect shock proof mold. I've done that with laptops and monitors in the past. $10 worth of spray foam and a $0.30 plastic bag and it will be protected better than bubble wrap or corn starch peanuts.

[Bok]

I would love to have a Mac as I said before for some other projects I am working in for cross-compiling. If you can figure out boxing I'll pay for whatever shipping is needed. And let it crunch for the team.

[zombie67]

Put it in a plastic bag, seal it with a twist tie, and the use expanding spray foam to fill the space between the bag and the box creating a perfect shock proof mold. I've done that with laptops and monitors in the past. $10 worth of spray foam and a $0.30 plastic bag and it will be protected better than bubble wrap or corn starch peanuts.

This sounds interesting! Where to source a box that it will fit into? Any ideas?

Bok: If I can get Slicker's idea to work, it's yours.

[Slicker]

The expanding foam is really sticky so you want to make sure the plastic bag doesn't have any holes in it. Also, the foam can exert a lot of pressure so make sure there is a place for it to escape. In other words, don't close box and the try and fill it via sticking the straw into a corner.

Once dried, just use a bread knife to shave off any excess foam.

I've also seen it done where the foam was squirted into a plastic bag, then the monitor placed on top, and another bag is then filled with more expanding foam and placed on top of that to create a monitor sandwich of sorts. The local Walmart, Target, etc. probably has some large boxes you can get a hold of for free.