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What to do with old 2009 MBP (sell, scrap, etc.)?

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Hey Guys,

I have an old 2009 MacBook Pro that has been sitting in my office not getting any use for the past few years. It was a solid machine and I had done a few upgrades to it while I was still using it:

Upgrades:
-SSD Drive.
-8GB of RAM (Max the 2009 can use).

Anyway, I have moved on from the machine, got a newer MacBook Pro that my company provided me, and a new desktop PC that I use for home. I also have a mac mini for a home server that I use. So, I don't really need the laptop at this point.....

My Question:
I was thinking about removing the SSD and selling the laptop for parts (since I don't really have a use-case to keep using the machine). Is this the best option, or is there something else I should do to the machine (scrap it, recycle it, etc.)? Not sure what to do with a 11 year old laptop and don't want it to sit and collect dust in my office any longer.

Thanks in advance for everyone's time and help, it is greatly appreciated!
 
I would be happy to buy it as I have a mid 2009 iMac and mid 2009 MacBook 5,2 I am running macOS Catalina on my iMac and macOS Mojave on my MacBook
 
Thanks for the reply! Do I need to do anything specific to format the drive to make sure nothing is 'recoverable'? I'm a bit paranoid with my data, so that's why I was thinking about pulling the drive before selling it (or selling for parts).

If anyone knows any good way to super nuke the drive, I would consider selling the whole as a complete package.
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TimothyR734 said:
I would be happy to buy it as I have a mid 2009 iMac and mid 2009 MacBook 5,2 I am running macOS Catalina on my iMac and macOS Mojave on my MacBook
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If you are serious about wanting it, please feel free to PM me directly and we can talk details.
 
SSDs aren’t like spinning platter drives. I know with more modern OS’s, if you delete something from an SSD, it’s actually gone. With hard drives that data was still recoverable.
 
profcutter said:
SSDs aren’t like spinning platter drives. I know with more modern OS’s, if you delete something from an SSD, it’s actually gone. With hard drives that data was still recoverable.
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It varies a bit. The main thing is that unlike on a hard drive, the location of data on the SSD is not very predictable. So the data is most likely there, but it is much more difficult to reconstruct.

There are a bunch of tutorials for secure erase, depending on your OS version. For example: https://www.macobserver.com/tips/how-to/securely-erase-macs-ssd/
 
I'd give it to someone who's in need of a computer.

you can also try selling it for a super good price if you aren't in need of money, you can make someone's day if you sell it for very cheap if you don't need the money anyway.

scrapping it is a shame, you might as well list it for free online because someone will take it.
 
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