Saved an iMac from the landfill

[iMav]

17" iMac G5 (pre-iSight), 1.8GHz, 1GB ram, superdrive, airport card. The only thing wrong with it (aside from all the stickers I peeled and cleaned off of it) was a dead hard drive. Have one of my spare hdd's in it right now and have a new one (along with 2GB of ram) on order.

The screen is perfect (beautiful!), wireless works great, cosmetically looks like new after a good cleaning. Been running a fresh install of Leopard for the last couple of days and has been rock solid.
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http://geekhack.org

[hackersmovie]

WOW! Now that's a great find!
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[TonyMontana]

You mean you literally "found" it in someone's trash!? AWESOME
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MacMini 2.0GHz C2D (2009)
MacMini 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo
Dell Mini 10v *OSX 10.6.4*

[dungeon92]

Even if it was sold for parts they could have got a couple hundred for it (maybe) but to just throw it away?
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Going to Missouri S&T!!

[Aquafire]

[JohnnyBoy]

Kudos, iMav! I bet you couldn't believe your eyes when you saw that one...
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Intel Mini 2.0GHz C2D (4GB/120GB/SuperDrive/10.5.8 ), 120GB WD Passport, Logitech ergo k/b
iPod Touch (32GB, 3rd gen), iPod Shuffle (512MB, 1st gen)

[Aquafire]

Yeah,

No wonder the US is rightly called, 'The land of opportunity'

Talk about picking gold nuggets off the street

Aqua
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[iMav]

Soon after I bought my first mini's (two 1.25Ghz G4's and one 1.42Ghz G4) back in early 2005, I purchased a 17" G5 iMac for my wife. Early last year, I gave my wife my 1st gen Macbook and gave the G5 to a friend of mine (who really wanted a Mac, but would never be able to afford one (if he didn't have hand-me-downs and his work laptop, he'd have nothing)).

That 17" G5 iMac had a combo drive and this one has a superdrive. So I'm basically getting back better than what I gave away.

(my wife now uses a 15.4" MBP, but that is another story)
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[Ben Tex]

Nice find! I bet there are bunches of iMacs sitting around with nothing but a dead hard drive in the dump. The average person just doesn't know how to pull or check them.

[devo]

You lucky SOB. If you ever find a Mac Pro, send it my way!

By the way, how did you stumble upon it?

[bfuerst1]

this makes me want to cheak my local dump
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1.83 c2d mac mini- 7200 rpm hdd, 3 gbs ram, wireless n, dvd burner
80 gb ipod classic
apple bluetooth wireless mouse
apple aluminum keyboard
22 inch Samsung Display

[macmanmacman]

One issue with this certain dumps depnding on where you live have laws in place no salvaging so be carefull.

A great place to check is at night go check your local apartment dumpsters my friends and i have rescued nearly 25 imacs out of dumpsters and we just donated them to our local computer bank chairity.

So like i said look in apartment dumpsters.

You would be amazed what you find.

[iMav]

400GB hdd and 2GB ram arrived from NewEgg today. Upgraded iMac is quite snappy for an "old G5".
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[miniconvert]

What a fantastic find
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