There's something special about an Apple computer, at least for those whose loyalities lie with the Mac rather than the PC. They are not perfect. As recent as a few years ago it was hard to find common software. And like all machinery, eventually they die. My vintage 1999 iMac DV (digital video) died sometime ago, the victim of a flawed design (no cooling fan!) and careless placement (hot room over the garage!). The old gray mare was replaced with a faster, more modern (and internally cooled) iMac around 2003. That computer still works well, thank you.
Ah yes, but what to do with the dead iMac? It's not environmentally sound to place it at the curb for the garbage gypsies to take. Yet recycling it is kind of sad. It's so ... cute ... after all. But, alas, it's dead weight. Quite a clutter conundrum. One that must be solved only with a brilliant idea.
Five things to do with a dead iMac
• Gut out the electronics and make it a fishbowl
• Take it on a road trip (pictured)
• Take it up to the roof and see if it bounces
• Have the coolest (and most effective) paperweight ever.
• Keep it and hope Apple has a computer trade-in event so you can get a discount on a laptop.
Five ideas down, 96 more to go. I'm open to suggestions.
Don't suppose macresq.com or someone like that would want it for parts? Instead of a fishbowl (might be difficult to make it watertight) you could make it into a planter. Or a garden ornament of some kind. Put a gnome in it ;)
Great photo. Cracks me up. Make sure she doesn't drink n drive, okay?
Sob.
Doorstop?
Sometimes, churches and schools like them. Churches if they're usable at all, and schools that can rebuild them.
sit on the couch with it and show it photos of the good times...