Comments on: Leaked Image Shows Apple Destroying Macs In Warehouse

By: Calculator Ftvb

Calculator Ftvb — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:41:13 +0000

How true! They ought to let computer lovers who want them come in and get them on terms that they not whine online.

By: ryan

ryan — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:18:55 +0000

Where can I get some of these. Been meaning to do a G5 transplant for ages. Anyone know of any in Brisbane ?

By: mathue

mathue — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:57:13 +0000

$200,000? not likely, these look like all obsolete G4 powerbooks* and G5 Powermacs**. As for ’send them to China for repair’ that’s not going to happen. Repairs are done in whatever country they are in, it would make NO sense to ship a tower back to China for a MB replacement and so on, even if this is in Australia. Years ago I worked at a place where we regularly destroyed computers that were more than 6 months old. A waste sure, but more common than people realize. It’s a shame they didn’t make the effort to get them recycled but it’s hardly unusual. Heck, even the person who reported this says; “assumed he was in for an everyday job” so it’s not like they’ve not destroyed other old products as well. You just put them in the recycle dumpster and let it go from there.

*No visible remote IR or iSight
** Heatsinks/fans and powersupply location indicate G5s

By: hachu

hachu — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:25:27 +0000

All I see are old PPC machines of which supposedly won’t work with OSX 10.6 when it comes out.
Apple can’t sell those as refurbs since they’re not supported anymore. Repair parts probably will run out in a short period of time as well.

And while a empty G5 housing sells on eBay for $50, the time and money spent to pay an intern to sell them on ebay will probably cost them $50 too, so it’s a wash. It’s guaranteed money when you send all that crushed aluminum to a recycler who’ll probably just melt it down and send it back to you to make new unibody Macbooks out of.

By: GBH

GBH — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:20:54 +0000

Not only are they older computers. They are unlikely in working order. The G5 tower that you can clearly see inside is missing its optical drive. It seems to be missing its processor card too. It is likely that these Macs were broken and stripped of their working parts before being destroyed.

I do think it is poor management to crush them when an empty G5 housing still sells on eBay for $50. Recycle. Reuse!

By: robinson

robinson — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:01:47 +0000

Recycling, anyone? !! I see lots of toxic waste involved here w/ poor disposal!

By: Neil Anderson

Neil Anderson — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:38:53 +0000

I’m crushed.

By: Slappy McCynical

Slappy McCynical — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:11:55 +0000

No surprise here. They were returned to Apple following replacement, etc. Many units will “start up OK” then fail after 10 or 15 minutes. Sometimes these units aren’t economically repairable. You destroy them so some dumpster diver won’t pull it out, take it home, then post comments on line about crappy Apple equipment is because his portable/desktop doesn’t work.

By: dave

dave — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:01:31 +0000

no-one thought maybe send them to the third world…

By: mg

mg — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:08:27 +0000

those aren’t new machines. the towers are G5, you can tell by the processor heatsink. And the laptop has an old style power connector on the left side, which means those are g4 laptops.