A few times each year a local school in Tucson, Arizona auctions off their used equipment. There is typically a few hundred square feet of equipment, computers, tools, surplus supplies and even vehicles. These had been live auctions in the past, but are now silent auctions. Bidders offer their best price for each item they are interested in and the high bid is the winner.
Tables full of laptop computers. Many are modern and potentially useful. Some are damaged or severely broken. Others are quite old with few replacement parts
The hard drives are removed and physically broken before the laptops go to auction
This fire safe is an example of the variety of office equipment available at school auctions
Some of the computers available individually. These computers have their hard drives eased so that all software is removed
Power Mac G4 was manufactured by Apple between 1999 and 2004. It uses a Power PC G4 microprocessor (PPC74xx). The Mac G4 used the case and motherboard that was identical to the Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White). The G3 and G4 have a case with the motherboard on the folding door, which swings down to the desk for easy access. No screws, just this easy to use clasp
Power Mac G4 Cube is a very compact Macintosh desktop computer from Apple. It was sold in 2000 and 2001. 8 in x 8 in x 8 in cube suspended in a 10 inch tall clear acrylic case. The Mac cube has a PowerPC G4 processor (450 to 500 megahertz). The cube uses a vertical slot loading DVD-ROM / CD-RW drive.
More office supplies available at the school auction
Boxes of keyboards
Computers range from modern to very early like this Apple II, one of the first personal computers available and Apples first computer. This Apple II sold for $2
Flat panel monitors and all in one computers that incorporate a monitor and computer in one unit
Pallets of computers and parts sold in bulk. These can offer some very good deals of you have the ability to store and resell the many items