selling a CRT display

[SkyBell]

That was eMachines.

The "e" in eMac was supposedly for Education. They were sort of an updated iMac G3. They are G4s with a 17" CRT. The case is slippery white plastic and the back is "egg shaped" like an iMac G3. They weigh over 50lbs and have no good handholds on them, which makes carrying one on the difficult side(reference the slippery plastic content above). They also have massive fans in the back and may be one of the best cooled Macs ever made. The size/shape/weight made them difficult to grab and run with, and the cooling fan helped keep them running in computer labs that might not have been overly well cooled. Both were good features for K-12 schools.

The last generation eMacs were faster and had better GPUs than iMac G4s at a lower price. They actually were quite a good bang for the buck-Apple sold them retail on and off, although I think the last 1.42ghz model was edu only.

As everyone in the PPC section knows, I sure do love my 1.42 eMac. Fantastic machine, and the CRT is probably one of if not the most crisp and clear I've ever used.

 

[Dorothy Gale]

(...) the stand-out was the 17" with the Apple Display Connector(ADC). It was introduced in '99 or early 2000 I think along with the Gigabit Ethernet, Cube, and the first line of ADC studio/cinema displays. The bottom line was the 15" LCD, the 17" CRT mid-range(I think around $800), and the 22" was astronomical(I think close to $4K at intro).

It's a bit of an oddball beast-as I said it has a true-flat Diamontron tube with a "smoke" colored front section and clear rear/stand. It's right at home next to a Cube.

That's the most beautiful display any maker had ever made. I know, just stating the obvious. Thanks for the picts.