Old mac - what do I do?
My 2007 20inch imac's hard drive died (question mark on startup white screen) so I purchased new late 2012 21.5 new imac and used Time Machine to get it all going again. What do I do with my old imac - the Apple store did a test and everything worked well apart from HDD. It has 4gb ram.
I was thinking of spending about $30 to buy T6 & T8 screwdrivers and suction cups to remove old HDD and then put it back together and sell it for parts. I want to remove the HDD in case it can be restored by someone and all my personal info devulged.
QUESTION: Is it worth doing all that and hope to make my $30 plus more and sell it for parts, or do I just dump it and smash it all up. I live in Brisbane Australia - any takers? Thanks
Just curious, how expensive was it to have Apple replace the HDD?
Seems like it would have been cheaper to repair than a new iMac?
The HDD and optical drive are usually the cheapest hardware to replace.
You could try and replace the hard drive yourself to get this iMac running?
You'd get more cash for it if has a working hard drive.
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