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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. Re:I will do one better! by localman · · Score: 0, Troll

    That doesn't sound right to me. Older machines often use less energy -- at least every time I've built a new machine over the past decade the power supply got bigger. Sure, they are less powerful too, but then they probably won't be used for the most modern computing tasks.

    Aside from that, reuse is always more efficient than recycling. So if you can use something that has already been manufactured and shipped, instead of buying something new, go for it.

    Cheers.