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Apple Recycling Old Macs for Free

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-just-for-doorstops-anymore dept.

charleste writes "CNN is reporting that Apple is going to recycle Macs for free. I wonder if this means they will actually recycle them in Cupertino, or sent overseas to be dumped as many 'recycled' computers do, or if they will actually mine them. And does this make the MacQuarium obsolete?"

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  1. I will do one better! by crazyjeremy · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news, I will now recycle ANY piece of computer equipment for free. Simply get the device to me (in working order) and I will disassemble, dismember, shoot, melt, sell or attack it with a cowbell.

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  2. ever so timely and accurate by DynamoJoe · · Score: 2, Funny

    A little research is a wonderful thing
    . Ahh, /. All the news that's fit to print several days ago.

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  3. A rebate would grease them skids! by phorest · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, why not a rebate of say 100.00 to make a user switch from win-ux and just fill a warehouse with the junk.


    When it's full they can have a new ad campaign with bulldozers loading barges with all the junk and crow about how many people switched. They could probably write it all off as marketing costs and sell more hardware to boot!. Apple wins!

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  4. Re:Staying in the US by ThatsNotFunny · · Score: 2, Funny

    So much for sending the dead computers back to the place where they were born.

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  5. Re:This came from Steve by minitual · · Score: 1, Funny

    That wasn't Steve talking...that was the acid.

  6. Re:This came from Steve by tverbeek · · Score: 3, Funny
    'I want a computer factory that takes raw beach sand in one end and outputs fully assembled Macs from just that raw material.'

    Great, so there goes another ecologically important wildlife habitat and economically important tourism attraction! :)

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  7. Taking over the world by suv4x4 · · Score: 2, Funny

    - Steve Jobs wants to take over the world
    - Apple all of a sudden recycles computers for free
    - Steve Jobs owns Apple

    This can mean only one thing: Steve Jobs has a new trapper keeper.