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What should I do with all these old Macs?

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My university apparently has a lot of old Macs that it is getting rid of over time.

I am not exaggerating when I said "a lot".

So far, in the junk pile this year, I saw: iMac G3, iMac G4, iMac G5, Power Mac G4 Cube, PowerBook 100 (no joke!), Power Mac G5, Power Mac G4, etc.

Anyway, this would be great for someone who is an Apple collector, but I am not an Apple collector.

I live in a University dorm and already have a lot of computer parts in my room. eg. boxes of hard drive cables for cMBP, keyboards for MacBook Air, etc.

My roommate hasn't complained because she knows that I make money repairing Apple stuff, but I think I would have a hard time justifying to her about having a lot of random old Macs in our room.

They are nice curiosity items, but I can't really keep them.

So, what should I do with all these old Macs, if anything?
 
tubeexperience said:
My university apparently has a lot of old Macs that it is getting rid of over time.

I am not exaggerating when I said "a lot".

So far, in the junk pile this year, I saw: iMac G3, iMac G4, iMac G5, Power Mac G4 Cube, PowerBook 100 (no joke!), Power Mac G5, Power Mac G4, etc.

Anyway, this would be great for someone who is an Apple collector, but I am not an Apple collector.

I live in a University dorm and already have a lot of computer parts in my room. eg. boxes of hard drive cables for cMBP, keyboards for MacBook Air, etc.

My roommate hasn't complained because she knows that I make money repairing Apple stuff, but I think I would have a hard time justifying to her about having a lot of random old Macs in our room.

They are nice curiosity items, but I can't really keep them.

So, what should I do with all these old Macs, if anything?
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Why is this your problem - or, why has it become your problem - and not the university's - that is, if the university owns them?
 
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Assuming you can legitimately take what you want, there's decent interest in "classic" Apple equipment.

You could make them available to collectors as just a "pay it forward" sort of thing.

Or, if you had the time and interest in generating a little cashflow, you could probably sell them. This option, of course, would be time consuming: you'd have to deal with photos, descriptions, confirming operation, payments, packaging, shipping (or depending on your location, making them "local pickup only"). Is hours and hours of hassle worth a profit of a few hundred dollars? Not to me, but then again, I'm not a 20 year old in college :D
 
tubeexperience said:
My university apparently has a lot of old Macs that it is getting rid of over time.

I am not exaggerating when I said "a lot".

So far, in the junk pile this year, I saw: iMac G3, iMac G4, iMac G5, Power Mac G4 Cube, PowerBook 100 (no joke!), Power Mac G5, Power Mac G4, etc.

Anyway, this would be great for someone who is an Apple collector, but I am not an Apple collector.

I live in a University dorm and already have a lot of computer parts in my room. eg. boxes of hard drive cables for cMBP, keyboards for MacBook Air, etc.

My roommate hasn't complained because she knows that I make money repairing Apple stuff, but I think I would have a hard time justifying to her about having a lot of random old Macs in our room.

They are nice curiosity items, but I can't really keep them.

So, what should I do with all these old Macs, if anything?
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The answer you seek is here

I got rid of an old ACD there. The old acrylic one.
 
tubeexperience said:
So far, in the junk pile this year, I saw: iMac G3, iMac G4, iMac G5, Power Mac G4 Cube, PowerBook 100 (no joke!), Power Mac G5, Power Mac G4, etc.

Anyway, this would be great for someone who is an Apple collector, but I am not an Apple collec.

So, what should I do with all these old Macs, if anything?
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Send me a message!
 
D.T. said:
Assuming you can legitimately take what you want, there's decent interest in "classic" Apple equipment.

You could make them available to collectors as just a "pay it forward" sort of thing.

Or, if you had the time and interest in generating a little cashflow, you could probably sell them. This option, of course, would be time consuming: you'd have to deal with photos, descriptions, confirming operation, payments, packaging, shipping (or depending on your location, making them "local pickup only"). Is hours and hours of hassle worth a profit of a few hundred dollars? Not to me, but then again, I'm not a 20 year old in college :D
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a museum/collectable of Apple gizmos ? Give to to gazelle.... At least u won't get cash, but u'll get rid of them. If the uni doesn't wanna do it, the u do it.
 
tubeexperience said:
My university apparently has a lot of old Macs that it is getting rid of over time.

I am not exaggerating when I said "a lot".

So far, in the junk pile this year, I saw: iMac G3, iMac G4, iMac G5, Power Mac G4 Cube, PowerBook 100 (no joke!), Power Mac G5, Power Mac G4, etc.

Anyway, this would be great for someone who is an Apple collector, but I am not an Apple collector.

I live in a University dorm and already have a lot of computer parts in my room. eg. boxes of hard drive cables for cMBP, keyboards for MacBook Air, etc.

My roommate hasn't complained because she knows that I make money repairing Apple stuff, but I think I would have a hard time justifying to her about having a lot of random old Macs in our room.

They are nice curiosity items, but I can't really keep them.

So, what should I do with all these old Macs, if anything?
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In very interested in the G4 Cube!
 
bunnspecial said:
Wow-it cost me more than that to ship a IIgs to NJ!
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Shipping costs have been the deal breaker on more then one occasion for me.
Purchased 2 G5 powermacs from dvwarehouse and in each case the shipping was just over $100 Canadian, but I wanted them at the time so I paid.
Since then I've been doing business with OWC, purchased a MacPro1,1 to start with then later a MacPro3,1.
In each case the shipping was less then $12 Canadian.
To say I was pleased would be an understatement.:D
Seems Canada Post and Purolator have teamed up to come up with this very nice deal.

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