Huge Collection of Apple Computers Up for Sale as Longtime Austrian Repairman Goes Out of Business

[travelsheep]

I also don't get why he's not playing the ebay game. While he's selling his collection bit by bit he can turn his shop into an ebike repair shop (or something similar).

 

[Tapiture]

Apple is doing its best to put third party repair shops like this one out of business. So sad when you have someone like this guy, an avid Apple fan and collector who has spent his life caring for their products, essentially shown the door by the same company.

 

[Emanuel Rodriguez]

If that's the best picture of his "collection" he could come up with - he has a lot of old Apple junk (but not old enough).

Don't know about that. Take a closer look:

 

[mattd147]

Roland Borsky, an Apple computer repairman in Vienna, Austria, has amassed a private collection of 1,100 Apple computers that he's picked up over the years.

At 1,100 machines, his collection dwarfs the collection of computers at the Apple Museum in Prague, which claims to have the world's biggest private collection of Apple products. "Just as others collect cars and live in a little box to afford them, so it is with me," he said.

There's little detail on the full extent of his collection, but according to Reuters, Borsky is searching for a buyer as he can no longer afford the rent on the warehouse where the computers are held.

Borsky told Reuters that his business has dried up after Apple opened its first store in Vienna in February, taking over repairs that used to be done by repair firms like his. Parts have also become harder to replace on Apple devices.

Borsky is hoping to find a benefactor who will pay 20,000 to 30,000 euros ($23,000 to $35,000) for his collection and who will put it on display. "I would be pleased if it is simply put on display anywhere... so people can see it," Borsky told Reuters.

Some of his computers are on display in temporary exhibits in Vienna, but he wants to find a permanent home for the equipment.

If he's unable to find a buyer, Borsky fears that his collection could be discarded. "It'll be shredded. That is what bothers me the most because I can't currently rent a storage space that I can afford," he said.

Article Link: Huge Collection of Apple Computers Up for Sale as Longtime Austrian Repairman Goes Out of Business

Just been to the Prague museum it’s all upstairs. I use a wheelchair so could’nt see a thing. Looked at me as though I was crazy wanting to see the museum.

 

[apfelmann]

Here is an article in German with many photos and a video

https://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2937683/

 

[fhall1]

Don't know about that. Take a closer look:

So a few pearls in a sea of garbage. If he went through and saved those and junked everything else he could probably afford the smaller storage space required,

 

[Emanuel Rodriguez]

So a few pearls in a sea of garbage. If he went through and saved those and junked everything else he could probably afford the smaller storage space required,

Here is an article in German with many photos and a video

https://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2937683/

Wow. Why on earth is the photo that MacRumors is using, not the one with rows and rows of early-generation Macs? That may be actually worth something.

check it out:

 

[technopimp]

Hmm, tempting...if I had somewhere to put it all.

 

[[AUT] Thomas]

If there’s an apple store nearby they will recycle them for him

lol... I just imagined a truck stopping in front of the Apple store (the only Apple Store in Vienna is located in the fancy 1st district, really narrow streets, PITA to drive there) and starting to load of half a ton of old Macs...

 

[RedTomato]

Just been to the Prague museum it’s all upstairs. I use a wheelchair so could’nt see a thing. Looked at me as though I was crazy wanting to see the museum.

That sucks. I'm deaf and I went there. It was OK - you didn't miss a lot. If I remember rightly, there were some audio exhibits that I couldn't access either.