iMacQuarium

Blend of iMac +‎ aquarium, after MacQuarium.

iMacQuarium (plural iMacQuariums)

1. Alternative letter-case form of iMacquarium.
   • 2000 December 3, “Tech the halls with …”, in The Seattle Times, Seattle, Wash., →ISSN, →OCLC, page C1:

     […] all-in-one Mac into an acquarium (iMacQuariums, anyone?).

   • 2001 March, Andy Ihnatko, “MacQuarium Revisited: What Can You Do with Your Aging iMac? GO FISH!”, in Andrew Gore, editor, Macworld, San Francisco, Calif.: Mac Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27, column 2:

     My original Bondi blue iMac is by far the most reliable of the half-dozen Macs operating round-the-dock in my office. […] But I think its consistent performance is due to the fact that it sits on the same table as my iMacQuarium Prototype C. […] I had to build an iMacQuarium. The whole top naturally lifts off like a cake stand’s for easy access! […] Still, an iMacQuarium isn’t the same beast as a MacQuarium. When I developed the original MacQuarium plans, Mac Classics were good for little more than becoming fish tanks.

   • 2001 June, Harry Henning, “Don’t Trash That iMac!”, in Andrew Gore, editor, Macworld, San Francisco, Calif.: Mac Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, Feedback, page 16, column 3:

     If you’re thinking of trashing a viable iMac to make an iMacQuarium, please think again and donate it to a school or other nonprofit that may be struggling along with old IIce’s, as this classroom is.

   • 2005 February 19, M. Veronica Velasco, Weta Ray Clark, “Living with fish: Stylish aquariums make themselves at home”, in The News & Observer, final edition, Raleigh, N.C.: The News and Observer Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12E, columns 4–5:

     Tonight show host Jay Leno and Apple founder Steve Jobs have found a place for fish in their homes: Both have an “iMacQuarium” — an old iMac computer with the electronics taken out and replaced with a fish tank.