Serve Better with the Power of iMac!

Four brand new Flat Panel iMacs arrive at the cash register out of the back storage room.	Stefano is all smiles at the arrival of these much anticipated new iMacs.	Northridge Apple Store employees take some pix of Stefano, another delighted customer.
Blurry pic but the only one from this angle.	Northridge Apple Store entrance. Mandy pays for the iMac goods.	The new iMac window display.
Loading up the iMacs in the company pickup.	3 of the 4 iMacs await unpacking and checkin.	iMac box #1.
	iMac specifications tab.
	The iMac hatching begins!	Detailed pictorial instructions on the box lid as how to unpack the iMac.
iMac...Lamp Mac!=)	White Apple optical mouse, white keyboard, power and telephone cables, and iMac documentation.	Included iMac CDRs.
Apple even includes a soft cloth for dusting the gorgeous flat panel display. This is why one buys Apple...attention to detail!	The new white Apple Pro Keyboard.	All accessories have been emptied.
The top foam piece elevates.	The underneath side of the top foam piece. Apple packaging engineers have outdone themselves yet again!	The new iMac awaiting extraction.
Beautiful packaging!	The iMac on the table awaiting foam base removal.	The lower empty box foam piece.
	Removing the foam base.	Foam base removed.
Front iMac view with flat panel protective shipping cover.	Rear view of iMac.	The flat panel protective shipping cover is opened.
	Lifting off the flat panel protective shipping cover.	Flat Panel uncovered and reflecting the flash from my camera.
		Unwrapping the base plastic bag which included a chromed twisty.
	Available iMac ports at the back of the hemispherical iMac base. Kensington lock port, headphone jack, speaker audio out jack, dual 400Mbps firewire ports, 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet port, custom power jack, 56kbps V.90 modem port, 3 USB ports, custom SVGA RGB monitor out power, and power button. Every go-fast port you could need!	The chromed display support bar is an engineering masterpiece. It allows the display to be positioned effortlessly as if it were hovering on its own.
	View straight down on the upper cooling vents.	If you look closely you can see a beautifully hidden white bladed fan just below these vent holes.
		iMac setup pamphlet.
	5 easy steps to new iMac euphoria!	Some pix of the iMac manual.
The new iMac is your digital hub.	Preparing the new iMac for base plate removal. I used a couple pieces of soft foam to rest the iMac on as detailed in the iMac manual.
Quite possibly the world's most beautiful computer base plate made of polished stainless steel.	A sharp phillips screw driver is required to remove the 4 captive phillip screws that secure the iMac round base plate.	Base plate removed showing the available RAM slot and AirPort slot with antenna cable.
		A 512Mb SDRAM DIMM from www.transintl.com. Amazing 512Mb can be had for only $149 these days. A decade ago 20Mb cost $1000+.
The installed 512Mb SDRAM DIMM. The AirPort antenna cable is secured away from the RAM and won't be used.	Plugging in the USB cable and power cable.	Closeup of the unique power plug.
Powerplug inserted and seated.	The new iMac is ready for booting.	New iMacs boot directly into Mac OS X!
The flat panel floats effortlessly in any position.	Welcome!	Selecting my country.
iTunes splash video.		iTunes2
Various iTunes music visualizer snapshots.
		About This Mac: 640Mb of RAM and PPC G4 Processor.
Ejecting the iMac's CD-RW tray.	The iMac sticks out its tongue!
iMac #2 undergoes a duplicate 512Mb SDRAM upgrade.	The staging table for the new iMacs.	iMac #3 getting a 512Mb SDRAM upgrade.
All 3 new iMacs lined up and ready for operational inspection!		iTunes music visualizers running on each iMac.
The 3 iMacs get cozier together.		iMacs gossiping!
	iMacs keeping a lookout on their surroundings!
Cute iMacs being playful!		Ceiling cam!
iMacs watching each other's backs.		Hey...it's an iMac party!
The 3 iMacs getting sassy by showing their tongues.