@Johnny Vegas
Maybe not too risky. Apple and everyone else ought to take back the dead electronics for recycling. Maybe there should be a 'deposit' required on each system, like with glass bottles. In any case it should not be hard to recycle the fluid if it is in a copper pipe or something and is "made for recycling", which is smart. I hope people who are smart enough to use a computer are smart enough not to throw it in the landfill.
@WinTard
I'm not sure it would leak. I have many, many 40-70 year old oil-filled high voltage capacitors in the equipment here and very few have ever leaked. Maybe 1 out of 100. None of the big ones (50uF/7500V) Consider the sealing technology of those times. I'm sure Apple can make a good seal. Solder it. to recycle, melt the solder bead & drain.
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