Metech Offers to Recycle Your Mac

Rosyna writes "Apple now allows the general public to recycle their Apple branded computers. It only costs thirty US dollars, too. The dumpster is still cheaper. More details at Apple's page and Metech's page."

Comments

Why recycle any mac?

[90XDoubleSide]

I question not only why you would recycle a newer Mac, buy why you would recycle any Apple machine at all. An Apple II, circa 1976, goes for $50-$100 on eBay! If you're actually paying someone to take your machine, there's somthing seriously wrong.

Re:Sad mac bomb

[FueledByRamen]

If you want to run a headless iMac, you could just pop the drive from it into another (similar) Mac, throw a VNC Server app in the startup menu, make sure it launches on boot, and put the drive back in the iMac. Simple enough.

Also, I read a site a while back about someone who had a similar problem to you - an iMac (don't remember the rev) with a dead CRT - he installed a video card in it somehow. Try googling for it.

Re:Sad mac bomb

[Blackstealth]

I've got an rev. b iMac (the almost-original bondi blue style) with a dead monitor. As near as I can tell the electronics are all fine, but without a working display it won't boot. I'd love to get it running again, minimallly as a "hidden in the closet" server, or better still by finding someone with another dead iMac with a working display where I could merge the parts together into one working machine.

Rev. A-D iMacs (all the tray-loaders) can be fitted up with an ATX PSU (or keep their existing supply) and be connected to an external monitor pretty easily - As long as you don't mind transplanting parts into a generic case.

If you open the machine up, you may just be able to connect an Apple monitor to the logic board, the first few revisions used a standard Apple monitor connection for the CRT.

Can't remember a precise link at the moment, but have a hunt round on the Applefritter forums for further details.

Mac Recycling

[zafo]

City of Austin, Texas will recycle any computer for free if you take it to their recycling center. Macs do have amazing longetivity, but I've seen a lot of old (1984-90) Macs at garage sales, and they are just not selling. I've upgraded a number of PPC models, though. I just found a new Sonnet 260 MHz G3 upgrade at a garage sale for my 7100/66AV.

Re:Cheaper? For _you_, maybe.

[ottawanker]

Same for you, you should recycle what you buy. Someone else doesn't pay for you to recycle your bottles, plastics and paper. You consume, you pay.

In Quebec, Canada, you pay $0.05 for every can and plastic soda bottle you buy, and $0.10 for every beer bottle. You get this money back when you return the bottle for re-use/recycling. I don't know how many other places have similar programs, but if I find a bottle on the street and recycle it, someone is indeed paying me to recycle.. Less litter on the streets, a little more cash for kids, and less waste.

Rack mount case

[pherris]

I've got an rev. b iMac (the almost-original bondi blue style) with a dead monitor. As near as I can tell the electronics are all fine, but without a working display it won't boot. I'd love to get it running again, minimallly as a "hidden in the closet" server, or better still by finding someone with another dead iMac with a working display where I could merge the parts together into one working machine.

But since just fixing it doesn't seem feasible (a new CRT has been quoted to me for around $500, so that's not an option), and I haven't been able to find anyone for the "franken-mac" idea, my fiance has been trying to get me to throw it away instead, and sooner or later I'm sure she'll have her way on this one.

Your iMac seems a good candidate for a transplant to a Marathon iRack 1U case (the $400 price tag, IMO, seems too much but the reviews are very good). Also there's the 1U rack mount case conversion ($40 for instructions but claims that the conversion costs are $50).

Plus the empty case would make a nice macquarium