Community weekly poll: What did you do with your last old computer?
- 4/25/06 1:59 PM
PAY PER TRASH
by Batchain - 4/26/06 5:25 AM In reply to: Freecycled my computer by VictoryIn this town ("city" actually) you may not dispose of anything with any kind of monitor on it, electronics in it, or over 5 feet long without hauling it to the city disposal center paying the $50 fee for their *extra disposal systems". Luckily I got this done for half price by the two guys who'll haul anything off for you.
I don't know how they make their profit for dragging it away for $25 but I'm sure they're not paying this city any $50 per item! So far it's been only one 26" TV set and one Power Mac 5500. Still only $25 and I don't have to schlep it away and pay $50 per item!
I created a fatPod (or a MP3 Jukebox.)
by photonphase - 4/26/06 6:18 AM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
I got a Pentium 166Mhz that I transformed in a MP3 Jukebox. Installed Linux on it with only the necessary to play my favorite musics. I call it my fatPod as it has a 40GB hard drive and does exactly tha same thing as an iPod!!! I just can't carry it around!
Regards,
Andrew
Linux server
by JLP - 4/26/06 6:48 AM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
I reinstalled Linux operating system on it, and now it serves as a printing, file, web and database server.
Can't afford to go out buy new drives.
by tombpsyco - 4/26/06 6:58 AM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
I keep using them until they die. I still have a coupla 1 an 3 gig drives that I use. When they die I'll go an buy new.
old computer trashed
by Penn2006 - 4/26/06 7:51 AM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
I took my two old computers apart and then took a sledge hammer to them. Flattened out completely. If anyone can re-expand (haha) that hard drive they are welcome to the personal and credit info that's likely to be left behind. That's why I do it. I do no trust that any erasure will 'completely' guarantee me safety.
Long Live Macintosh!!
Destroy it
by nschaefer308 - 4/26/06 8:38 AM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
Most of the time I will have an extra hard drive because it is defective. I know too well how easy it is to still retrieve data from it so I tak this beloved hard drive to the country for a camp out. A 308 rifle at 300 yards is a fun way to part with a hard drive and very effective in destroying (more like obliterating) a hard drive. Most of the time the bad hard drive cost me time and money so what better way to dispose of it?
Connected with KVM switch
by musiuuu_j - 4/26/06 8:48 AM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
I've got XP Pro on a 60 gb setup, partitioned with Win 98 SE, and some extra space for when I finally get around to installing a Linux OS. That one and the old computer with plain Win 98 are hooked up with a KVM switch; I think I've copied all the important stuff off of it, but some of the programs, which I haven't used in years anyway, can't be exported (don't know where installation programs are). I'm just a pack rat and probably won't throw it out. May move the hard drive and run another multiple OS system and reuse the ATX case.
Donated computer --
by chodm - 4/26/06 9:41 AM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
--and scrubbed hard-drive with a multipass data scrubber (mil spec), including virtual memory, caches, histories, recycle bin, etc.; left OS (98SE) and standard applications in place for recipients (in a foreign country).
Last old computer
by derhauptmann - 4/26/06 11:46 AM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
I pulled out the HD, destroyed it with a cutting torch and sold what was left
(NT) i gave it a viking funeral
by firestarter - 4/26/06 11:51 AM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
I'm using it right now!
by loviece - 4/26/06 4:04 PM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
My old computer is a six year old EMachine (667mhz) which is use in my bedroom just for checking email, checking websites I see on TV, etc. My new machine is a Dell (3.0 GB) which I use in my home office and to play games.
Gave it to a friend
by fastphoto - 4/26/06 4:32 PM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
For personal safety, I take the following action, remove all partitions, change type disk format 3 times or more before giving it to someone. And I never give, sell, trade a HD with personal information, and to prove that I have 20 or so HD's setting on my repair bench waiting for my saw and vise connection or installation into one of my 6 networked computers.
Like old cars, old toys, computers have sentimental value...
by whimsyraj - 4/26/06 11:17 PM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
I want to share my experience when I replaced my old computer--I had a hard time disposing of it. It was my first ever PC and I bought it with my own hard-earned money. I used it for 5 years until I bought a new Pentium 4 2.8 ghz model that runs faster when I bring home some work. At first, the old PC stayed on the bedroom floor for months. It wasn't until my teenaged niece asked for it and after I made her promise that she would take of it that I was able to let go of that old thing (I was a Pentium 3, Windows 98 system). I guess old computers are like old cars, old toys, even old but fave T-shirts. They all have that sentimental value that make you wanna hold on to them even after they've outlived their usefulness....
Donated it
by mrusnak - 4/27/06 3:55 AM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
Donated it
Shred them
by christopherm00 - 4/27/06 6:06 AM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
I have removed the hard-drive and have donated the computer or tossed it--depending on condition and age. I started to have a collection (smaller than a bunch of PCs!). Then, through a merger, our new IT department had a policy of shredding old hard-drives; they have been fine with employees bringing old ones from home.
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