Hi, This is my first time posting here... I've been a Mac user for a long time, and have a few classic systems in my collection that are running fine now, but I know that someday …

The recycler in question wasn't this company, was it? http://www.recycleapc.com/ Parent company homepage here Looks like they host collection events... and actually, never mind,…

"go to places like Japan or Nigeria" Click to expand... Yes, I've noticed that the Wall St Journal always puts Japan and Nigeria in the same bracket. Perhaps the bloke should h…

What would be a method to figure out whether it was the recycling company or apple who made the decision? As the guy obviously hadn't cataloged the donated computers yet (all of t…

The issue here is not apple. It was most likely a lie. And that is going to just end up in china and be burned. Its the recyclers wanting MONEY per pound of "Junk".

Archived version of the same page Works fine for me.

I doubt Steve gives a crap about 20 year old computers (that were built when he wasn't even at Apple at the time).

Gentlemen, it seems this war has another enemy. Apple. They are making our mission harder. I think we should campaign. Email Sjobs@apple.com and DEMAND that the old macs be saved a…

Hey, does anyone have the procedure to overclock the 6200 motherboard from 37.5mhz bus to 40mhz? Takashi's 6xxx overclocking site hasn't been around for awhile( http://www.bekkoam…

If you had another system with native IDE support, why didn't you just format it with that system in the first place? Click to expand... maybe because I have not thought about …

If you had another system with native IDE support, why didn't you just format it with that system in the first place? Click to expand... maybe because I have not thought about …

If you had another system with native IDE support, why didn't you just format it with that system in the first place?

FWB is the still not so free formating utility, right? To use this a few times a year, I'm not sure it is worth it! I used Lido for a while and it has been working fine. I heard a…

I'm on installing OS 8 on this machine. The HD utility in OS 8 does not recognize the HD as an Apple drive, so I used Lido again. Strangely Lido detects the drive as 78 gig, while …

There could be a less-sinister explanation: Some recyclers were actually just shipping off old computers to poorer countries, and it was an environmental nightmare. And it sounds l…

Have thick gloves handy in case the dents have damaged safety devices and the battery gets hot and you want to remove it. See Table 8.0.1 in http://www.duracell.com/OEM/Pdf/others…

For every recycling company that might have a contract with Apple, I'm sure that 10 others don't. I only purchase regularly from one recycler, but I could probably get stuff from …

3 pizzas with the lot! Lovely scores.

When you think about it, it would make perfect business sense for Apple to back the crushing of older Macs. The fewer used Macs out there on the market, the higher the price, and …

I can't really advise. The question is whether the internal cells are damaged or not. Unlike Lithium cells, they're not likely to burst into flames, but I wouldn't know what the …

I've always liked the pizza box styled LC475's. I used to own one and man, it was a wonderful little computer.

Sounds like BS to me. Apple doesn't care. These "recycler" jerks just want the money they get from selling the scrap metal. It drives me insane how they can have these "drives" lik…

I think it would have to do with them having a contract with Apple - Apple is very serious about recycling these days, and if I'm correct they actually have contracts with a lot of…

Can't offer him a bribe? If the books did not list them and no employees remembered seeing them... Then Apple would never know.

I think it has something to do with Steve Jobs return back in the day. I believe I heard that he had staff clear out all the old macs they had sitting around their offices. This …