IMac g5s are pure bliss to work on. My grandparents gave me a broken imac g5 17" and for about $100 I replaced the power supply. It was about half an hour of labor tops (but I also installed a hard drive, and re opened it because I had forgotten to plug in the power supply *facepalm*)
Emacs... I still have nightmares about installing that hard drive. It ended up costing me a $200 computer when something shorted out on the system board. Sparks everywhere etc. Imac g3? They're okay... Not as good as the g5 but I removed a hard drive in about half an hour. Its okay once you get to know the layout. If you enjoy doing it, then it'd be worth it. I'd love to but school and all that hat, right? Schools. Elementary schools might be the kind to buy a few 17" imac g5s, emacs, or even imac g3s for the classrooms. As for profit? Again, imac g5 would be best. Broken ones typically go for around 1-2 hundred, so you can usually make 25-50% profit. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Austin Leeds <firepowerforfree...@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:41:12 To: iMac Group<imaclist@googlegroups.com> Subject: iMac refurb as an independent business opportunity? I'm thinking about buying some broken iMacs (any model but G3) off eBay for refurbishment. Has anybody here been in their iMac and tried to repair it, and how easy was it? Would it be worth it? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
