My G4 iMac died a horrible death, Was taking it to the Apple store to get some warranty work done and I was rear ended at an intersection. I was in the Ford Focus and the LCD panel met the spare and the spare won. I know Apple wont fix it, dont know
if insurance will replace it. So now I have a buttload of extras such as Zip drive, Tape drive, external DVD burner, Cam and the Apple mighty mouse and Apple Pro keyboard. I know the pro keyboard works with Windows but does the mighty mouse? Either way,
I was pretty bummed out. Mostly because the focus was being used due to high gas prices so now its going in the shop. I was cut from the hospital about 2 hrs ago. My left arm hurts like hell, my left knee feels like someone took a sledgehammer to it.
But hey, Im alive.
-
rjdohnert
You will never know success until you know failure
-
blowdart
Peek-a-boo
You see, if had been a Vista machine that would never have happened.
Glad you're OK -
jamie
mazie is amused
ouch - tell me about it
glad your ok
wanna buy a motorcycle?
-
rjdohnert wrote:My G4 iMac died a horrible death, Was taking it to the Apple store to get some warranty work done and I was rear ended at an intersection. I was in the Ford Focus and the LCD panel met the spare and the spare won.
Sniffle. [C]
rjdohnert wrote:I know Apple wont fix it, dont know if insurance will replace it. So now I have a buttload of extras such as Zip drive, Tape drive, external DVD burner, Cam and the Apple mighty mouse and Apple Pro keyboard.
I see a fun hacking project in your very near future. Why not throw it all in a box and see if you can rustle up a custom mac?
rjdohnert wrote:
I know the pro keyboard works with Windows but does the mighty mouse?
Yes, I've been told it does work with Windows - but uses the standard mouse driver and the ball works only like the vertical scroll
-
Massif
aim stupidly high, expect to fail often.
rjdohnert wrote:I know Apple wont fix it, dont know if insurance will replace it.
They won't fix it? Even if you pay? That's a bit harsh, if all it needs is a screen (or entire lid section) replacing.
Then again, in geek speak: broken gadget == Excuse to upgrade. -
Rossj wrote:
Sniffle.
[C] Agreed. That's a terrible thing to happen to a Focus.... -
hope ur okay, the mac deserved it tho!
-
That guy must really hate Macs!
-
stevo_
Human after all
AndyC wrote:
Rossj wrote:
Sniffle.
Agreed. That's a terrible thing to happen to a Focus....
True, lucky the Mac was there or it could of done some other damage! -
If you were rear-ended, the other person is at fault. Their insurance should cover any losses that you sustained. Was a police report filed? Have you talked to your insurance (or the other persons insurance) to let them know the damage to your mac?\
BTW - glad to hear that you are ok. Bruises will heal.
-
Massif
aim stupidly high, expect to fail often.
Just saw this today on engadget, perhaps a use for that old mac after all.
http://www.c-h-a-o-s.com/2007/07/05/diy-ibook-server-booklet/ -
Xaero_Vincent
Sexy me
Yeah. Apple PCs usually have the screen attached unless its a Mac Pro tower or Mac Mini.
If I were a Mac person would have bought an Apple x86 PC long before. Your G4 iMac was equivelent to a modest Pentium 3 system; very obsolete by todays standards. Though I applaud you for keeping to the tradition of the last honest Macintosh--before the transformation to shamless PCs. -
rjdohnert
You will never know success until you know failure
Yeah a police report was filed and his insurance company notified. They are giving me the run around. Like the "Way I see it" series on Starbucks cups the other driver claims its my fault. The way he sees it was that I braked too hard and that Im at fault. The way I saw it was that the light turned red, I braked, he plowed into me destroying leslie (the Mac, I name my computers. Macs are named after women, PC's are named after US cities, Sun Sparcs and any SGI equipment I have is named after demons.) anywho, the law is seeing it my way. The rent a cop learned, this guy will have to learn as well.
-
Stebet
Internet spaceships is serious business3;
rjdohnert wrote:Yeah a police report was filed and his insurance company notified. They are giving me the run around. Like the "Way I see it" series on Starbucks cups the other driver claims its my fault. The way he sees it was that I braked too hard and that Im at fault. The way I saw it was that the light turned red, I braked, he plowed into me destroying leslie (the Mac, I name my computers. Macs are named after women, PC's are named after US cities, Sun Sparcs and any SGI equipment I have is named after demons.) anywho, the law is seeing it my way. The rent a cop learned, this guy will have to learn as well.
It's entirely his fault. That's why people in driving school are tought to keep a safe distance between themselves and the car in front of them. It's exactly to prevent accidents like these when the guy in front has to suddenly brake.
If you rear-end someone it's ALWAYS your fault. The guy in front can't be expected to keep an eye on both things in front and back of him when driving forward. -
Is the pro keyboard you have the greyishblack one? The ones that came with the QS G4s I think...It probably is. I love those keyboards way more than the new Apple pro keyboards. I managed to snag myself an old g4 keyboard and thats what I use with my macs (even my Mac Pro). If you don't have a use for it any more and it's in good condition I'll buy it from you!
-
rjdohnert
You will never know success until you know failure
I plan to keep it and the mighty mouse.
theshadguy wrote:Is the pro keyboard you have the greyishblack one? The ones that came with the QS G4s I think...It probably is. I love those keyboards way more than the new Apple pro keyboards. I managed to snag myself an old g4 keyboard and thats what I use with my macs (even my Mac Pro). If you don't have a use for it any more and it's in good condition I'll buy it from you!
Thread Closed
This thread is kinda stale and has been closed but if you'd like to continue the conversation, please create a new thread in our Forums,
or Contact Us and let us know.