My opinion is newer machines will be recycled faster then the older ones are, and quite a few will have hardware problems when they do get recycled. 99% of all the old hardware I grab from the recycler is in working condition. Did anyone here ever find an old Nubus card that didn't work?

I did pass on a G4 AGP model at the recycler (he sold a stack of 1st model working stripped units for $15 each) because it was dead, and the case was kind of banged up. You do see imacs from time to time there but I do not want one. Unfortunatly he never gets compacts in, or 68K machines in general. I also seen a dozen or so B&W G3's scrapped because nobody wanted them, I have 2 and that is enough for me.