The Great Wall Of Apple Boxes
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A while back, I mentioned about all the Mac minis that my company goes thru. I decided to start keeping the boxes as we got them. After a couple months, the collection is getting pretty good. In the loft of my house I’ve decided to just start building The Great Wall of Apple Boxes. Also, when my neice comes over she likes to build little houses to knock over. (Well, I build them, she knocks them over.)
If you’ve ever been to a Macworld Keynote, you know how much the Apple team cares about the packaging. Steve Jobs will usually introduce the product and then show the box that it will ship in. (Strangely, that draws more applause.) Apple makes such nice packaging that it feels strange to throw the boxes away. What do you do with the boxes that your Apple products come in?
(PS, I’ll give a $10 iTMS gift certificate to the first person to list all the boxes in that picture.)
May 11th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
2 Xserve G5s, many many Mac mini’s (intel and ppc), one iMac (with isight), 2 apple keyboards, 1 ipod nano, airport express, airport extreme, mac os x, mac os x server, mighty mouse,15″ powerbook, ipod charger, ipod in-ear headphones. did i win?
May 11th, 2006 at 5:10 pm
104 Mac Mini’s
2 Xserve G5
1 iPod Nano
1 Firewire/USB iPod cable
1 Intel iMac
17″ Powerbook
2 Copies of OS X Server
1 Wireless keyboard
1 Wired Keyboard
1 Airport Express
1 Wired Mighty Mouse
1 Wireless Mighty Mouse
1 iPod Charger
May 11th, 2006 at 5:32 pm
I spy, with my little eye, boxes belonging to…
XServe G5.
Powerbook 15″.
I think I see some Mac Minis (just a few).
Wired and Wireless keyboards.
Mighty Mouse.
iPod Firewire/USB Hybrid Cable.
iPod Nano.
Those awesome $200 hi-fi in-ear iPod headphones.
Airport Express and Extreme base stations.
iPod FM Tuner/Remote for 5G/Nano.
An iPod wall charger.
Mac OS X.
iMac G5.
And since that sleeve technically isn’t a box, I think I should get my iTMS certificate.
…Please?
May 11th, 2006 at 5:35 pm
Man, you guys are good…but no winner yet.
May 11th, 2006 at 8:02 pm
2 Xserve G5s boxes
4 Intel Mac Minis + 101 G4 Mac Minis = 105 Mac Minis boxes
1 Apple Keyboard, wired box
1 Apple Wireless Keyboard box
1 Apple Pro Mouse, wired box
1 Apple Wireless Mouse box
1 iPod nano laynard headpones box
1 Airport Express box
1 iPod nano box
2 Mac OS X Server (Tiger) boxes
1 iPod charger box
1 iPod Socks box
1 20″ iMac box (either G5 or Core Duo)
1 iPod Firewire and USB dock connector box
15″ Al Powerbook box
And one unidentifiable box on top, possibly for the keyboard/mouse/remote that came with the iMac.
May 11th, 2006 at 8:09 pm
*That should be iPod USB Power Adaptor
May 11th, 2006 at 8:43 pm
So close…but the box on the top was a product of it’s own. I knew that would be the stumper. Anyone else want to give it a try?
May 11th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
It’s the packaging for an iPhoto Album.
May 12th, 2006 at 7:11 am
Possibly a photo album, but the calendars also come in boxes like that.
May 12th, 2006 at 7:28 am
ton of mac minis
2x Xserve G5s
1x 17″ PowerBook G4
1x 20″ iMac w/iSight
1x iPod USB Power Adapter
1x Apple Bluetooth Mouse
2x OS X Server
1x Apple Bluetooth Keyboard
1x iPhoto/kodak services box
1x iPod firewire/usb cable
1x iPod nano armband
1x Airport Express
1x mighty mouse
1x apple in-ear headphones
1x iPod nano
1x Apple keyboard
May 12th, 2006 at 7:32 am
updated:
4x mac mini (intel)
101x mac mini (G4)
2x Xserve G5s
1x 17″ PowerBook G4
1x 20″ iMac w/iSight
1x iPod USB Power Adapter
1x Apple Bluetooth Mouse
2x OS X Server
1x Apple Bluetooth Keyboard
1x iPhoto/kodak services box
1x iPod firewire/usb cable
1x iPod nano armband
1x Airport Express
1x mighty mouse
1x apple in-ear headphones
1x iPod nano
1x Apple keyboard
May 12th, 2006 at 7:36 am
Man, you all are good. I wake up this morning and it’s all listed out. Shrimp, it looks like you were the first to get them all between your two messages.
May 12th, 2006 at 7:40 am
Sweet! I get to watch TV.
May 12th, 2006 at 8:42 am
Every semester my school buys new G5s, new displays (if needed) and sometimes new software/other hardware.
Its a little exciting to see twenty five G5 boxes lined up at my school waiting to be tossed away (and sad, that I can’t take one of the machines home, hehe)..
I never thought to take a photo. Just this past month they had the new version of Toast, i think there were 40 boxes of that.
Christopher
p.s. I am graduating this summer and too bad I didn’t think to take a photo at one time.. ;(
May 12th, 2006 at 8:54 am
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May 12th, 2006 at 1:46 pm
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May 12th, 2006 at 8:58 pm
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May 13th, 2006 at 1:14 am
101 original mac mini boxes
4 rev B or intel mac mini boxes
2 xserve g5 boxes
20†iMac G5 box
17†powerbook box
wired pro keyboard box
bluetooth pro keyboard box
apple ipod charger
apple iPod charger cord box
bluetooth.. mouse
wired pro mouse
Airport express
2 mac os X tiger
Apple in ear headphones
iPod nano ( guesing…. 4gb)
May 13th, 2006 at 8:07 am
A stolen box story…
My employer, a school district, purchased 200 iMac computers in the spring of 2001. Each elementary school was to receive thirty-six of the new machines. As we setup the new computers in each building, we packed the 8 year old Macintosh LC II computers in the shiny new Apple boxes. We used tape to seal the boxes closed for easier handling. Since Mac LC II computers with 12 inch monitors were much smaller than iMac computers, we were able to fit 2 old computers in each iMac box. We completed one of the school installations on Thursday afternoon. We left 18 boxes of old computers and a giant pile of Styrofoam stacked in the hallway near the gymnasium. That night the school had a band concert. Many of the parents commented on the large pile of new Apple Computers. On Monday, our maintenance department sent a truck over to pickup the old computers for disposal, but they were gone. All 18 boxes had been stolen during the weekend. I often wonder what the thief thought when he opened the boxes and found that each box contained two very outdated computers. I am also surprised that the thief did not notice the heaping pile of Styrofoam that was stacked in the hallway next to the iMac boxes. Did the criminal not realize that the computer shaped foam had been removed from the new boxes?
May 13th, 2006 at 8:26 am
It’s encouraging to see a business actually deploying so many minis. this would mean that it isn’t a very graphic intensive business but the minis do fine for what 95% of what anyone needs a computer to do: Letters, spreadsheet, small database, Web access, Email and a few pictures, and print stuff out.
Don’t tell us the name of the firm, But just what kind of business it is. I’m really just curious more than anything.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:22 pm
I’m with grognard… I’m dying to know what you guys do with so many minis… Are we talking desktops, resale of some sort, datacenter?
June 1st, 2006 at 12:22 am
philip:
I’d love to have those old LC II’s, maybe the thiefs were collectors….imagine! You get 36 free LC II’s!!!
OMG!!!
And your school was gonna throw them all away?
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:36 am
Are you interested in selling any of those boxes? I’m looking to repackage my mini and selling it but I misplaced the box. If you are willing to spare me one, please contact me via email.
Thanks,
Glen
October 10th, 2007 at 10:05 am
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