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@twinsister

That doesn't sound excessive to me especially being a laptop. Everything in there is crammed so tightly it's not as easy as if it was a tower. If you're not keeping the laptops, can you not beat laptop yourself? A couple of years ago when I was tired of paying for landline we never used, I took it outside and beat it to smithereens with a hammer. My husband didn't want to get rid of the landline but we never used it. I gave it 6 months and not once did he pick up that phone. So after I killed it I waited a few more months to see if he would notice. He did not.
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@I am still oxox

That's a risky thing to do, wiping the hard drive. There could still information to be accessed from that drive by the right person with the right skill set.
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@Kachina624

Oops, I didn't read all the replies and see that you already told her about the risk of a non-professional wiping the hard drive.
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@SilleeMee

What's the fun in that? I loved seeing parts fly from stupid landline that was costing us $72 a month and we never used it.
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@monicakm wrote:
@I am still oxox

That's a risky thing to do, wiping the hard drive. There could still information to be accessed from that drive by the right person with the right skill set.

@monicakm I already stated it did not contain any personal info. That was about 8 years ago and there have been no repercussions. Also I did it under instructions from an Apple adviser 

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.