This is the part that caught my attention:<p>> We noticed a few cavities around the edges of the impeller filled with some sort of epoxy (on both sides). We suspect it's for fine-tuned balancing, to keep the fan running smooth and quiet.<p>Apple is balancing the fans they put in the computers. What other manufacturer would do that? I love Apple's little details.
Individually that's not much gold. Anyone able to estimate how much, and what it would cost at today's gold prices?<p>One bendit of having that there is that people really want gold, and so those machines are going to get a thorough teardown at end of life, which should help with reclaiming and recycling all the other stuff.