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My 550 has arrived

Posted by: jhorvath911 on 2016-07-12 22:11:06 Picked up what looked to be a nice Performa 550 off the bay. It arrived today without a single piece of broken plastic, I was quite shocked.

Posted by: omidimo on 2016-07-13 01:11:08 That is awesome! Perfect delivery is a rare thing with these 14" Trinitron beauties. So now you must decide goodies you will stick in there.

Posted by: Johnnya101 on 2016-07-13 03:18:15 Great! Those things are beasts! Now, Look at my signature.

Posted by: techknight on 2016-07-18 18:04:27 I would have loved to see how it was packed.

Posted by: jhorvath911 on 2016-07-19 08:52:14 I didn't take pictures of the packaging but I was actually surprised it came so well because all they used was a thick cardboard box with sheets of the hard styrofoam filling all the gaps inside the box around machine. And I want to say some shrink wrap or something actually on the machine. It also was shipped standing up in box not facedown.

Posted by: Unknown_K on 2016-07-19 13:38:25 Thick cardboard (2 layer) boxes keeps the sides from flexing so contents cannot move around. I use foam padding (if available) or Styrofoam blocks to package heavy bulky items and it always works. So what do you think of the machine itself?

Posted by: jhorvath911 on 2016-07-19 14:07:37 Well overall it's a nice machine will probably end up sitting between the color classic and Mac tv on a shelf without a real use for it lol

Posted by: Unknown_K on 2016-07-19 14:31:59 They make decent old game machines if you are into that.

Posted by: jhorvath911 on 2016-07-19 16:15:13 I don't really play games or anything, it was just another machine I didn't already own and therefore needed one.

Posted by: Unknown_K on 2016-07-19 17:36:27 Mine has a Presto Plus installed and it just collects dust. I don't real game on Macs for some reason.

Posted by: 360alaska on 2016-08-02 05:47:42 I bought my 550 off eBay and it was packed in a styrofoam cooler sourounded by trash. I was quite pissed off to receive I it like that but to my surprise it arrived in perfect shape.

Posted by: Carboy7 on 2016-08-02 08:07:36 Now shipping an iMac... That's tough stuff.

Posted by: aplmak on 2016-08-02 09:37:44 I am surprised it arrived in good shape... I don't think I've ever had a 500 series desktop machine or MacTV arrive safely... there was always something broken on it.. but I am really glad for you it arrived safely!!! Just be careful with those plastics... and get that logic board recapped!

Posted by: LazarusNine on 2016-08-06 01:25:54 Beautiful 550. I envy you! 🙂 It's great to see that it arrived with you in such great shape. Enjoy that machine. The closest I've come is having a 550 board in my Colour Classic!

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