{"id":162,"date":"2012-12-04T09:58:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T14:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=162"},"modified":"2012-12-04T09:58:22","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T14:58:22","slug":"taking-the-new-imac-out-of-its-weird-shaped-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2012\/12\/04\/taking-the-new-imac-out-of-its-weird-shaped-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking the new iMac out of its weird-shaped box"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you want to feel like you’re buying an iMac but you don’t want to drop the cash (or if you’re waiting for the 27-inch version), we’ve got you covered today: first we told you what it was like to try to get one early this morning, and now that we’ve succeeded in our quest, we’re going to walk you through taking the new computer out of its box.
\nApple is known for paying close attention to the packaging of its products, and while other computer makers have improved their own boxes quite a bit in the last few years, new Apple boxes are still noteworthy enough for a picture tour.
\nFull Story: Taking the new iMac out of its weird-shaped box | Ars Technica<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you want to feel like you’re buying an iMac but you don’t want to drop the cash (or if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[84,518],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","category-hardware","tag-apple-2","tag-imac"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/papNkV-2C","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9279,"url":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2017\/12\/24\/this-week-in-tech-646-2017-year-in-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":162,"position":0},"title":"This Week in Tech 646: 2017 Year in Review","author":"NCCT","date":"December 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zYXn8w9OEAU Mark Zuckerberg tours the country - but he isn't running for president. 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