your old computers
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when you upgrade to a new computer, what do you do with your old one? i have an old Dell 1.7GHz desktop that I recently replaced. i could sell it to a friend who needs one, but i'm a little worried that i'll become the tech support guy. i could put it up for sale on eBay, but it's probably not worth the shipping cost (since you can get a new PC for just a few hundred $, if you shop around). i don't need it for a file server or anything like that. donate it? junk it?
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Wipe the HD, reinstall the Windows that came with it if you are feeling kind, then either donate it or simply put it outside with a "WORKS - FREE!" sign. Anything that's still usable and too much trouble to donate I generally just put on the curb marked as free for the taking. Most times its gone within hours.
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A 1.7 is defility donatable, giving it is running reliably, Being one who helped clean up donated systems for a charity the amount of donations that are broken junk does infuriate me. If you need a suggestion the group I had helped was call the the ARC. Association for Retarded Citizens. Now they helped a lot more that just the group the name implies. Most of the computers were cleaned up and given to elderly home bound people so they could communicate. A couple of providers also gave free accounts to these people so they had contact with the outside world for no cost (given they did have a phone that is.) [EDIT] Ok let me clairify. Most of the donations I have seen are units that something failed in and the owners put away in a damp corner of the basement or in their 180 degree attic for a few years, finally deciding to get rid of it. They then donate the box, which time and the elements have totally destroyed. This is NOT something that benefits the charities. Chris's offer is a usable system that even if it needs some attention is fine. [end edit] -- modified at 17:45 Thursday 27th July, 2006
Michael A. Barnhart wrote:
Being one who helped clean up donaged systems for a charity the amount of donations that are broken junk does infuriate me.
So, donating a broken machine for parts is a bad thing?
Jeremy Falcon
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when you upgrade to a new computer, what do you do with your old one? i have an old Dell 1.7GHz desktop that I recently replaced. i could sell it to a friend who needs one, but i'm a little worried that i'll become the tech support guy. i could put it up for sale on eBay, but it's probably not worth the shipping cost (since you can get a new PC for just a few hundred $, if you shop around). i don't need it for a file server or anything like that. donate it? junk it?
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Donate it. Projects like "FreeBSD" are always looking for donated hardware. If you're interested, visit: Donations @ FreeBSD If you want to donate it to me, I would also be pleased to receive it ;-) Kind regards Mathias
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when you upgrade to a new computer, what do you do with your old one? i have an old Dell 1.7GHz desktop that I recently replaced. i could sell it to a friend who needs one, but i'm a little worried that i'll become the tech support guy. i could put it up for sale on eBay, but it's probably not worth the shipping cost (since you can get a new PC for just a few hundred $, if you shop around). i don't need it for a file server or anything like that. donate it? junk it?
Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!
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when you upgrade to a new computer, what do you do with your old one? i have an old Dell 1.7GHz desktop that I recently replaced. i could sell it to a friend who needs one, but i'm a little worried that i'll become the tech support guy. i could put it up for sale on eBay, but it's probably not worth the shipping cost (since you can get a new PC for just a few hundred $, if you shop around). i don't need it for a file server or anything like that. donate it? junk it?
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Put Linux on it, and just use it to play around...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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when you upgrade to a new computer, what do you do with your old one? i have an old Dell 1.7GHz desktop that I recently replaced. i could sell it to a friend who needs one, but i'm a little worried that i'll become the tech support guy. i could put it up for sale on eBay, but it's probably not worth the shipping cost (since you can get a new PC for just a few hundred $, if you shop around). i don't need it for a file server or anything like that. donate it? junk it?
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Goodwill accepts computers, gives you blank receipt for tax deduction. You can search around on eBay to find similar PC, then print out listing (most expensive one) to show IRS what it's worth.
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when you upgrade to a new computer, what do you do with your old one? i have an old Dell 1.7GHz desktop that I recently replaced. i could sell it to a friend who needs one, but i'm a little worried that i'll become the tech support guy. i could put it up for sale on eBay, but it's probably not worth the shipping cost (since you can get a new PC for just a few hundred $, if you shop around). i don't need it for a file server or anything like that. donate it? junk it?
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I pass mine onto my parents usually.
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Michael A. Barnhart wrote:
Being one who helped clean up donaged systems for a charity the amount of donations that are broken junk does infuriate me.
So, donating a broken machine for parts is a bad thing?
Jeremy Falcon
Well, people are very picky nowadays. If you have to donate, you have to donate good working computer, no more than 6 months old, gaming mouse, 21" LCD is prefferable. On a more serious note, it's actually true, I'm always amused when churches or any other charitable organizations ask for clothing and then add in the end, like new condition and prefferably never worn or something. Kind of kills good will spirit in me. I would imagine having something is better than nothing at all.
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when you upgrade to a new computer, what do you do with your old one? i have an old Dell 1.7GHz desktop that I recently replaced. i could sell it to a friend who needs one, but i'm a little worried that i'll become the tech support guy. i could put it up for sale on eBay, but it's probably not worth the shipping cost (since you can get a new PC for just a few hundred $, if you shop around). i don't need it for a file server or anything like that. donate it? junk it?
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Chris Losinger wrote:
i have an old Dell 1.7GHz desktop that I recently replaced. i could sell it to a friend who needs one, but i'm a little worried that i'll become the tech support guy. i could put it up for sale on eBay, but it's probably not worth the shipping cost (since you can get a new PC for just a few hundred $, if you shop around). i don't need it for a file server or anything like that. donate it? junk it?
I have done several things over the years... each has their own rewards. 1) Donate it 2) Recycle it 3) Trade it in as part of the new purchase 4) Give it to a friend I have never sold a computer. I dislike selling something I have owned, I use things "well" and I don't know if it will last for this other person. Giving it away, if it works for them, great, if it doesn't there is no loss all around.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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when you upgrade to a new computer, what do you do with your old one? i have an old Dell 1.7GHz desktop that I recently replaced. i could sell it to a friend who needs one, but i'm a little worried that i'll become the tech support guy. i could put it up for sale on eBay, but it's probably not worth the shipping cost (since you can get a new PC for just a few hundred $, if you shop around). i don't need it for a file server or anything like that. donate it? junk it?
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Does anybody know if there are places that recycle them? Seems like such a waste to throw them out.
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when you upgrade to a new computer, what do you do with your old one? i have an old Dell 1.7GHz desktop that I recently replaced. i could sell it to a friend who needs one, but i'm a little worried that i'll become the tech support guy. i could put it up for sale on eBay, but it's probably not worth the shipping cost (since you can get a new PC for just a few hundred $, if you shop around). i don't need it for a file server or anything like that. donate it? junk it?
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Keep it and add it to your domain. I have 9 fully functional computers in my house now - mostly made from spare parts and put together for fun. They range from a lowly 333mhz Celeron (used for capturing images for the Timelapse Project[^]) to my desktop machine, which is a very nice gaming/video editing/work computer ;) You can never have too many computers. I'm actually on the lookout for another one, to see if I can't get some flavor of Linux to play nicely with my Active Directory...
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Does anybody know if there are places that recycle them? Seems like such a waste to throw them out.
Your local authoritiy's Environmental Health department should be able to advise you. Did you know there are organisations specialising in 2nd hand computers distributing them to third world countries. Just make sure that there is no data (or should I say any retrievable data) on your hard drives.
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when you upgrade to a new computer, what do you do with your old one? i have an old Dell 1.7GHz desktop that I recently replaced. i could sell it to a friend who needs one, but i'm a little worried that i'll become the tech support guy. i could put it up for sale on eBay, but it's probably not worth the shipping cost (since you can get a new PC for just a few hundred $, if you shop around). i don't need it for a file server or anything like that. donate it? junk it?
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Scrape the gold from the parts and then recycle it:-D:-D
rara avis in terris
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Put Linux on it, and just use it to play around...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001already have one of those....on a laptop
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Does anybody know if there are places that recycle them? Seems like such a waste to throw them out.
Dell will actually pick up old computers, free, when you buy a new one. but i couldn't do that since i needed to copy the stuff off the old one onto the new one...
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when you upgrade to a new computer, what do you do with your old one? i have an old Dell 1.7GHz desktop that I recently replaced. i could sell it to a friend who needs one, but i'm a little worried that i'll become the tech support guy. i could put it up for sale on eBay, but it's probably not worth the shipping cost (since you can get a new PC for just a few hundred $, if you shop around). i don't need it for a file server or anything like that. donate it? junk it?
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Chris Losinger wrote:
when you upgrade to a new computer, what do you do with your old one?
I usually end up using the old computers as a test database box or some node on the network to backup files to. If I don't keep the old machines, usually I donate them or bury them in the yard for some future archeologist :->
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Keep it and add it to your domain. I have 9 fully functional computers in my house now - mostly made from spare parts and put together for fun. They range from a lowly 333mhz Celeron (used for capturing images for the Timelapse Project[^]) to my desktop machine, which is a very nice gaming/video editing/work computer ;) You can never have too many computers. I'm actually on the lookout for another one, to see if I can't get some flavor of Linux to play nicely with my Active Directory...
Miszou wrote:
range from a lowly 333mhz Celeron
Wow. I've got an old Pentium MMX-233mhz acting as a LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP) box. Thinking of adding a Pentium MMX-166 onto the network as well :) Neighbor dumped a 486-25mhz off on me, but I think it's beyond dead :((
That's no moon, it's a space station. - Obi-wan Kenobi
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Ed.Poore wrote:
That's good fun
Indeed it is :)
Ryan
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when you upgrade to a new computer, what do you do with your old one? i have an old Dell 1.7GHz desktop that I recently replaced. i could sell it to a friend who needs one, but i'm a little worried that i'll become the tech support guy. i could put it up for sale on eBay, but it's probably not worth the shipping cost (since you can get a new PC for just a few hundred $, if you shop around). i don't need it for a file server or anything like that. donate it? junk it?
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Chris Losinger wrote:
i have an old Dell 1.7GHz desktop that I recently replaced.
That's a pretty reasonable clock rate, that a needy school, church, or other non-profit organization could probably really use. Heck, I'm sure there's a few programmers here on this site for which that would be an upgrade. Check in the VB forum. ;P Marc
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when you upgrade to a new computer, what do you do with your old one? i have an old Dell 1.7GHz desktop that I recently replaced. i could sell it to a friend who needs one, but i'm a little worried that i'll become the tech support guy. i could put it up for sale on eBay, but it's probably not worth the shipping cost (since you can get a new PC for just a few hundred $, if you shop around). i don't need it for a file server or anything like that. donate it? junk it?
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I just keep the parts in a box until the day I want to make a little home-server. Actually I could make 2 now :~. But if you don't want to do that, maybe the nicest thing to do would be to donate it to someone that may need it (and that couldn't pay for it).
