So my 1 year old son drop my 24'' iMac on the floor today

[flyfish29]

Yeah, definitely securing anything of value that can tip easily is a must with small children (and sometimes older children too!) Luckily your child was not hurt- too many children are hurt from TV's, book cases, etc falling on them. This is just a reminder that any tall furniture, older tube tv's, etc must be secure to keep kids safe at home. Several kids a year are killed by old tube tv's falling on them.

 

[palane]

Kidz

Not on purpose, we just didn't realise the value of them. Everything is just a toy to a toddler unless you tell them otherwise

That's when you realize as a parent that you screwed up in leaving something valuable available. One very expensive parenting lesson.

 

[lemonade-maker]

I want my kid to destroy his iMac. If he ruins it, I have a reason to get a new one.

To the child haters: Children are people. You hate people that happen to be kids. Sad.

 

[Maserati7200]

FWIW, a friend of mine drilled a hole in the iMac's base and screwed it down to the desk to prevent his kids from knocking it over.

While that sounds like a good idea, I would never want to ruin the base of the iMac with drill holes

I want my kid to destroy his iMac. If he ruins it, I have a reason to get a new one.

To the child haters: Children are people. You hate people that happen to be kids. Sad.

Yeah, everyone here was a child. If your parents had the same attitude you have you wouldn't exist, just think about that. You were a child once. Steve Jobs was a child once. And his biological mother didn't want him. He was put up for adoption.

 

[devianter]

i have exactly the same imac and i have to replace the hdd... so ..the question is HOW is this green caviar ? is it faster then the previous stock 320gb WD u had ? is it silent ? whats about temperature ?

 

[bobob]

FWIW, a friend of mine drilled a hole in the iMac's base and screwed it down to the desk to prevent his kids from knocking it over.

While that sounds like a good idea, I would never want to ruin the base of the iMac with drill holes

At least the base of the OP's iMac is still pristine.

 

[AppleNewton]

When I got home from lunch today I noticed that my Imac was unplugged. I thought nothing of it, so I eat my lunch then after I plug it back in and noticed a weird sound and the screen was also staying plain white. Then a box came up. I restarted and put my snow leopard disk in and tried to see if I could repair my hard drive, but it was a no go. My mac didn't even pick it up, so I knew I was 100% sure it was the hard drive. I said to myself hmm this shouldn't be to hard and then I youtubed a video and was amazed how much you had to do. Well I went out and pick up a 1TB hard drive. Well that was a fun experience installing this hard drive and it will be the first and I hope the last time I have to install a hard drive into this computer.

good thing everything & everyone are fine;
time to wall mount it

 

[BenEndeem]

It looks like you've got a future Apple hater on your hands there .

On a more serious note, I'm glad everything turned out okay and no one was hurt. The wall mounting idea sounds good.

 

[mrsir2009]

I wonder if that woulda happened if it was a SSD...? Anyway, your lucky the screen didn't break on that fall

 

[SaSaSushi]

I'm glad to see your repairs worked out. With the right tools the disassembly of a 24" iMac is not that bad really.

 

[Arran]

If the OP is still around....

Do you see any performance hit with the 1TB drive? Or any differences?

 

[voyager03]

I don't know if hearing about a damaged post-toppled computer is a particularly good reason not to have children - but it might be a good reminder not to mix an iMac and toddlers.

 

[annk]

As most of the posts in this thread (now deleted) were off-topic and effectively derailed the thread, it is hereby closed.

Edit: I've been contacted by members who would like to be able to continue the discussion, so I've reopened the thread. Please, stay on topic so it can stay open.