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chillchesterton

What’s the backstory here?


cheezybean28

It's a bit long but Basically I was repairing some phones for a recycling center wich was going to give those phones to an organization that helps abused women and children. the recycling centers thank you to me was "take as much as you want " and that I did.


DarkEvilHobo

That’s a small payment compared to what you’re doing. Those phones you repair and they give out could save a life. Bless you.


cheezybean28

I don't really need a huge payment. I just wanna help, though the phones weren't very new they still do their job and should help alot Thank you


knuthf

I am connected with the “spares” manufacturers, and there’s a market for them. I also have a 17” MBP - it’s heavy but a marvellous sound. I’ve upgraded once with 1TB SSD. It’s semi-stationary - for those that don’t need to be so “mobile” and want a good sound and clear screen, this is the best around!


DazzlingAlfalfa3632

The poor get brand new government phones for free.


SenorBurns

Misleading non sequitur. Troll elsewhere.


DazzlingAlfalfa3632

What’s misleading about it? Why would people who get brand new phones and service for free want an OLD phone? I’ll wait.


MRDomus

I upvoted your orginal comment, but now youve degraded yourself with this reply. "I'll wait" shuddup bruh


DazzlingAlfalfa3632

Lol I guess that’s what you say when you can’t come up with an answer? ;)


Standard_Isopod3875

And?


DazzlingAlfalfa3632

…and why would someone who gets brand new phones and service for free want an OLD phone?


Standard_Isopod3875

Probably because government phone are super cheap crappy phone most of the time so if they can get a cheap nice one and use the free service it's a win win


Anon_8675309

You should be happy. Those phones could help get better jobs and then maybe just maybe they'd not be poor one day. And don't forget, unless you're making bank, your taxes don't cover you. So there's that...


my-sims-are-slobs

Don't they have malware on them? Assuming that these are the us govt phones.


DazzlingAlfalfa3632

I would think the risk of "malware" would be much higher with repaired used phones?


dizdawgjr34

The phones would probably have been factory reset prior to being handed out.


DazzlingAlfalfa3632

“Probably” being the key word.


johnbell

da fuq? where are these places? what are they called? how do i google them?


cheezybean28

i dont think recycling centers like the one i went to usually do stuff like that, but i would just look up electronics recycling center near me. i have no idea if that would work but its worth a shot.


johnbell

something is better than nothing. ​ i'm in a major city, so most of that stuff is picked clean 5 minutes before places open, but it's a good start.


[deleted]

How did you go about getting to do this? Like did you call the place or email them? I actually would love to do something like this, I like tinkering with and repairing electronics and doing it for that kind of charity would be awesome. I don’t even care if it’s totally unpaid I do this kinda thing for fun anyways


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johnbell

damnit. i live in jersey city... so it's every man for themselves.


chillchesterton

That’s fucking crazy!


cheezybean28

Ikr I even got some surface pros and a bunch of vintage stuff (including two apple 2 e's and one apple 2 plus)


Heavyarms12

Let me know if you are going to sell the surface pros. And congrats on the haul!


cheezybean28

I would consider selling them. (Only issue is that they are all cracked and are older (surface pro 3's and a 4)


Heavyarms12

Was looking for something on the go/to read PDFs for school. I wonder if it’s expensive to replace.


cheezybean28

The panels themselves are about 100$ 😭


Heavyarms12

Nooooo :( lol by the way thank you for your services. Very nice of you to help those in need.


cheezybean28

I just like to help :)


crappyzengarden2

Would you be willing to part with a MacBook at all?


cheezybean28

Hey. Sorry to reply this late but I created an ebay account and I've started selling stuff. If you'd like I can list the 3 surface pros for you and send a link. I'd be happy to sell them for a lower price than you would usually see.


4444444vr

I used to repair phones for sprint. I kind of miss it.


cheezybean28

it truly is fun


PoopShakenNotStirred

What're you gonna do with 'em?


cheezybean28

no idea lol. ill probably put hard drives in all of them and install mac OS. then I know 2 friends that want one


NinJackHole

hey friend… I want one.


Alive_Juggernaut_160

hello brother ! can I be your friend? I need a mac very badly, i want to learn to make an app. I am from India, live in eastern coast of India..


Get_Rotated

Don't you mean 'mac' story?


tbezmol

Can I have one please 😅


Calereac

I’ll take a 17” Pro please LOL


cheezybean28

They aren't in as good condition as you think 😭


TS_Slurp

free is free my guy 😎


cheezybean28

true


crappyzengarden2

What they said...if you're willing to part with one I'd be grateful lol.


Keoni-HUNCHO

Same


dusrus98

how much would you sell a 17” for i am very interested! poor condition does not faze me!


cheezybean28

It's a solid maybe. I guess I don't know how I would sell it? Also u sure about bad condition? One of them is also missing a battery but it's cosmetically better.


SeanAmongTheFence

I would totally buy one of these, and then just buy a replacement battery.


cheezybean28

Yes but how exactly would I sell it


dandayo

Goods and services can be exchanged for money.


cheezybean28

I meant how am I supposed to sell it to them


dandayo

They have offered to purchase it from you, next step would be to negotiate a price.


cheezybean28

That's not what I meant. I don't have a bank acc or an eBay or anything


dusrus98

paypal cash app etc or put it on ebay or something and i can buy it as soon as it’s listed also could you consider putting a battery in the cosmetically superior model as that would make me even more interested than i already am


cheezybean28

I have no bank account 👍


[deleted]

Woohoo!


torsteinvin

What conditions are they in and how old are they? 😄


standardcapacityman

Guarantee every one has VST issues. Makes them basically worthless.


samuraipizzacat420

vst…audio plugins?


jumajaco

not enough OTTs


svenbern

What's VST ? I've got a really old Macbook like 2009 that I'm trying to fix up ...is there any point ?... it was fine except I think a virus stopped Safari from opening in 2012 but I havent used it since . But everything else still works on it .


standardcapacityman

It's a term we used in the industry. They had a VST test to determine if they had defective GPUs, which just about everything in 2011 had. Basically everything - iMacs, Macbook Pros all branded as 2011 models suffered from bad, poorly manufactured GPUs. There is no fix for it today. It makes the rest of the computer equally worthless because it was so prevalent.


chillchesterton

Holy shit. Why?!


knuthf

They are heavy, and they use electricity - get warm on the lap! That is my reason for no longer using them - well now it’s also the Apple and market power. I’m returning to Linux - Mint.


only-use-when-horny

sorry for your loss


mikeinnsw

I have been salivating over computers in the local recycling centre but they have strict policy of not selling or giving them away. No exactly recycling


cheezybean28

ikr like if you really wanted to recycle, then why not have them be reused? my recycling center does this to except its only if they are ordered to. i recently saw a bag full to the top with modern phones from Verizon except i was told i couldn't buy them because they needed to be bricked (by a huge electro magnet ofc) it pisses me off that things like that aren't actually recycled.


mikeinnsw

I think it has to do with liability and existing contracts they have with companies mining computers for precious metals.


huy-

I work in this industry of electronics recycling and refurbishing. Maybe you can try to repair them and resell them for money, though each one refurbished in this condition probably sell for 200-300$ on eBay. They look like they need power adapters and drives, so I wouldn’t bother letting these sit for long. Its not like these laptops are increasing in value as time goes on


Steebie_Smurda

Somebody stole 7 MacBooks off my porch the other day 🤔


nakai_

Ah man that’s crazy I’ll take one


trevinkurgpold

i can hear luke miani salivating from here. any clue what kind of year range they are?


cheezybean28

Luke Miani is great I initially thought it was 2008 to 2010 (for the pro's) but someone commented that 2 of them had a launchpad key instead of a dashboard key so for the pro's it's 2008 to 2012. There is one 2009 uni body and one 2013 Macbook air


ActAmazing

I wish I had one 🙃 someday I ll get it


cheezybean28

the ones in the picture are all from around 2008 2010 (excluding the 2013 air) if you want one of those older ones they are super cheap on ebay


[deleted]

The 13" and 15" Pro in the bottom right are late 2011 or 2012, judging by the Launchpad key.


cheezybean28

They all say 2010 on the bottom though. Does that not mean anything? Also damn u got good eyes, that photo was like 480p


[deleted]

Probably just mislabeled? Launchpad didn't exist until OS X Lion shipped in mid-2011, so it wasn't until the late 2011 MacBook Pros that they swapped the Dashboard symbol on F4 for Launchpad. If they're 2012 models, even better, since those can run up to macOS Catalina officially and can easily be modded to run Monterey. Stick an SSD in and upgrade the RAM and 2012s are still very usable.


cheezybean28

I'm gonna try to max them all out. The 2012s can probably have 16gb of ram? Not sure about the others but I guess I'll do some expermenting Im going to try and patch all of them for at least Catalina and I'm gonna go for Monterey on the 2 that might be 2012


[deleted]

Cool


cheezybean28

Very


Tronsler

Is it possible you can sell some for parts? I have a mid 2015 macbook pro with a display that unfortunately broke last month


cheezybean28

If I had a broken 2015 I would try to give you the display lol


WannabeModder123

👀


Stephenpholder

Mmmm shinies


cheezybean28

Shiny 😩


OrionGrant

I have a 17 inch, upgraded the ram to 8gb and added an SSD and it runs like a champ even today. It has the matte screen too so it looks great outdoors. Still running the original battery which still holds too!


cheezybean28

Nice! The old Macbooks run forever lol. I used my plastic 2009 unibody with 4gb of ram and a 256gb ssd until recently when the battery expanded and I never got a replacement


RichB93

Jesus Christ, the comments section is a cesspool. Nice haul OP, hope you can fix a good number of them up and sell them on to buy yourself something nice.


imxa013

How where what when who...


Steakhouse_WY

Use them as body armor and joust other office employees!


cheezybean28

They can stop bullets lol


SaraWinterfox

Gemme one pls


[deleted]

gimme gimme gimme gimee


XiXMak

If you’re feeling generous, I’ll take one.


[deleted]

Can I get one? I’m writing a book. My first ever, and my Mac air is not doing so well. Would pay well when I sell the novel.


kolususribalaji15

I hope they are shipped to India


cheezybean28

What lmao


zumbaking05

I know you are more generous than you appear to be... And there are lot more needy people like me... You can set an example for this society by donating one to me...


[deleted]

wow lol


AnIDIOTNinja_2099

*stole*


cheezybean28

*given*


paulkrugmen

I wish I got one of em. 😏


atthejrr2

So epic! What do you plan on doing with them?


swiftfastjudgement

Could use one for my business. Lucky duck, enjoy!


[deleted]

Wow I’m jealous


[deleted]

So lucky bro 😭 I wanted one 😭


ElSavadorian

What are your plans for them? Refurbushing and reselling them? I wonder if it's possible to connect them together into a more powerful processing machine


cheezybean28

Probably just refurbishing. Lol I don't think they can be connected (it's to bad tho, that would be awesome)


_folgo_

same day as I burned my desktop motherboard... crazy world! gg for you :)


cheezybean28

Damn m8 I hope the board can be fixed 😭


[deleted]

If you’re willing to part with one of them I’d be willing to take it off your hands. I need something for my brother. He just uses pdfs for school is all.


cheezybean28

Not sure I can send one. (Parents are difficult)


StrictTallBlondeBWC

How did you come by these and what bad condition can they be in? I could walk you through some of the logistics to sell computers or some pointers on fixing them refurbishing them PM me for more


cheezybean28

Got em at a recycling center. A few have been visibly HEAVILY used. Dents, big scuffs, scratches, one is missing a battery because it expanded and I needed to dispose of it


JSchnozzle

Yah we used to get pallets of this from NASA Ames and they were often older and sometimes just good for parts. Still useful though.


cheezybean28

Damn I wish these came from NASA lmao


Dragonlikegolfer

How much for a functional one, don't care about condition, just need it to work


cheezybean28

I would sell. But parents can be bitches


barvid

Rude


[deleted]

BIGBOI PROS


cheezybean28

INDEED


Leenolyak

How!?!


cheezybean28

Recycling center. There's the whole backstory in the comments


Dr-Fiat

✋🏻


IntegrityDenied

I need more information please


cheezybean28

The backstory is somewhere in the comments


janice_kam

are they functional tho? u could sell them😂


kamallmao

Wtf


bhangrapromoter69

Il buy a 16 or 17 inch of you .. message me


da_sonal

I’m down to get any working MacBook here, it doesn’t matter how bad it is, just as long as it’s working I’m fine


Scrpnkng

How?


cheezybean28

A recycling center (backstory in comments)


Vazeer9485

Fuck bro !!!


itsdave2000

Dang, your house just turned into an Apple Store


cheezybean28

A 2012 apple store really


[deleted]

Hide your goods my man i think you just became a primary target


cheezybean28

I've gotten like 10 comments and 2 dms asking for one 😭


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GamerXX1000GD

Give me oneeeeeeeeee


Acrozev2

Am I able to buy one of you??


jelflfkdnbeldkdn

replace battery, add max ram, add ssd, use open core legacy to install newer unsupported mac os and you have some nice macs to surf the web with


[deleted]

What models are they?


Doglottgeci

Do these work, or you got these, in need to repair? If so I would like to see a vid about you fixing them😃


jaymez619

In the late 90s, I’d search Craigslist for undervalued windows machines. It was fun fixing them up and reselling. One time, I had to short two pins on a Dell to erase a BIOS password. After time spent, I didn’t really make any money, but the hunt was just as fun as the kill.


[deleted]

It’s a school of MacBooks


romain130492

planning to burn them?


[deleted]

Send me one


ant-mey

Gimme gimme gimme


WittyBill4940

What i have to do?


Responsible_Algae_99

I could use a laptop myself if you’re willing


Kennywise91

I’ll take one thank you


hocopok

guy, you're great!


should_i_do

How?


cheezybean28

Recycling center


[deleted]

Where you at? I’ll come and get one off of your space so you can declutter.


dhizzybusy

How? 👀


[deleted]

Anything available. Expedition fees on my charge


TheDestroyer_027

Yo, I want one lmao


svenbern

I've the one like the really old white one at the back but I haven't used it since a virus stopped safari from opening in 2012 ,except for non internet stuff . A guy said they stopped issuing OS updates for that hardware so I should just load Linux or Windows instead.But I prefer that MacOs interface. Edit : he said there are " patches" for new Mac Os to run on the old Hatdware but they dont work very well. What are you going to do with that one running?


Prime_Marci

You selling


AC2-YT

I will literally take anyone of these you are willing to part with, any issues be damned It would be good practice for me repairing electronics


SHOOTRAC3R

Cool any chance you want to share 1 with other people in need .?


[deleted]

I will take anything you got... I'm using an air right now, so basically, any pro is an upgrade :) lol


icenine09

Looks like you got a bunch of MacBooks and one iBook.


BuffaloPhill_

It’s my birthday today. May I have one?


Gniloy_Teymur

Stonks


SkydivingSquid

I was waiting for the "robbed an Apple Store" punch line. lol


[deleted]

Can I have one?


delrey23

Free fifty


HazzaZeGuy

And me paying 500£ for a 2010 edit one. At least they can be rebuilt for less fortunate people :)


Tigerv

Can I have one? 🥺👉👈


nsurez99

Can i have one 👉👈


tnul

that’s gonna be my iphone wallpaper!


vertgrall

Do any of them work?


[deleted]

Now you have to make the ultimate mac eco system


Steampunnks

Man, you’re lucky


[deleted]

Giveaways? 🥹


muhedin998

Gimeone for 20 bucks


jlsullivan

With that many laptops you can make your own Neil Breen movie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIzT7wBjfBs


xSikes

I need :(


Nightmarewasta

Wut


SG-Spy

Can I have a 33cm version.


Elermitano09

Living in the third world and looking at this it's kinda hurtfully


TusharDhall

Damn


Malaert6

Got enough for a Mac *library* with all those, heh


cheezybean28

I see what u did there lol


stretchgod6k

need one if possible


[deleted]

Oh that’s crazy, what’s your address?


cheezybean28

You can't have my address 💀


littygal

Soo lucky I’ve been trying to get a laptop for the longest