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Do iMacs ship in original packaging or a brown outer box? - pinkoos - 05-14-2008
Just wondering when you order an iMac from Apple or Amazon or anybody else, how does it ship?
Just the original packaging so that everybody and their grandmother can know what's in the box? Or, is the original box placed in a much larger, outer brown box?
Thanks in advance.
Re: Do iMacs ship in original packaging or a brown outer box? - Carm - 05-14-2008
Original packaging unless its a refurb.
Joe
Re: Do iMacs ship in original packaging or a brown outer box? - OWC Jamie - 05-14-2008
Slipcover outer brown box with color main box inside. No padding between the layers. Refurbs come in a brown box only
Re: Do iMacs ship in original packaging or a brown outer box? - Jimmypoo - 05-14-2008
Apple online store MacBook came in brown outer, then white inner.
Re: Do iMacs ship in original packaging or a brown outer box? - Z - 05-14-2008
Refurb or new? Both from apple:
Refurb imac two weeks ago: Brown box, no original box, discreet apple logos on one or two corners.
iBook G4 circa 2005: Brown external box covering original iBook box. Shipped as Applecare Replacement for iBook G3 that crapped out a sufficient number of times.
Re: Do iMacs ship in original packaging or a brown outer box? - Buzz - 05-14-2008
as Jamie says from Apple, but have gotten w/o the slipcover outer box from others, though having seen paletted shipments from Apple to resellers arrive w/o said slipcover outer boxes, it's not surprising that they would show up either way... as a result of being part of a small or large order originally.
Re: Do iMacs ship in original packaging or a brown outer box? - GGD - 05-14-2008
No iMac experience, but MacBook and MacBook Pro from Amazon shipped like Jamie stated, plain brown outer box, fancy retail box inside.
Re: Do iMacs ship in original packaging or a brown outer box? - pinkoos - 05-14-2008
Is there anything wrong with just shipping it in the retail box only in terms of potential damage, etc? If an outer brown box is present without any padding, does it provide any benefit other than concealing the contents of what's inside?
Re: Do iMacs ship in original packaging or a brown outer box? - Harbourmaster - 05-14-2008
Hmmm lets see are two layers of cardboard stronger than one?...Yes!
Of course the second layer of cardboard won't help at all if they run your box through with a forklift tine!!
Re: Do iMacs ship in original packaging or a brown outer box? - rgG - 05-14-2008
[quote Harbourmaster]
Of course the second layer of cardboard won't help at all if they run your box through with a forklift tine!!
That happened with a painting my in-laws were shipping. I think it was in something stronger than cardboard but not stronger than the forklift tine.
As far as the computer, I think the outer brown box is just to disguise what's inside and to protect the inner packaging. My MacBook from Amazon came with the brown outer box and the white original packaging inside.