Community weekly poll: What did you do with your last old computer?
- 11/21/06 11:44 AM
What did you do with your last old computer?
by Marc Bennett - 11/21/06 11:44 AM
What did you do with your last old computer?
Put it in a closet
Dropped it in a trash can
Donated it to charity (which one?)
Recycled it (where?)
Gave it to a friend or relative
Salvaged it for parts
Sold it
Other (tell us more)
FreeCycle
by CrazyBare - 11/22/06 4:02 PM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
I give to Freecycle whenever I'm cleaning out my house. There are many Freecycle groups on Yahoo. Look for one in your own area.
My last computer went to a family who didn't have the funds to buy a computer, and their eldest was starting high school.
FreeCycle groups are great. Advertise for something you need, or post an OFFER of something you'd like to forward on, and stop dumping in the LandFill sites.
Donated to my local equivalent: FreeGeek.org
by wuz2blu - 11/24/06 3:12 PM In reply to: FreeCycle by CrazyBareI donated it to my local FreeGeek operation.
They test everything that's donated to them, carefully erase any working harddrives (much more thoroughly than merely "formatting" them), and either re-sell or give away the working items (computers, peripherals such as printers, etc.). With non-working electronics, they recycle as much of the parts and pieces as they can in an environmentally friendly manner (usually breaking down components and selling the sorted materials to various specialist recycling organizations).
FreeGeek is a non-profit and at least 90% of their staff is made up of non-paid volunteers.
I live in Portland, Oregon, but there are FreeGeek "nodes" all over. Check 'em out if you get the chance!
what I did with my last old computer
by wmahoney - 11/22/06 4:13 PM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
My last two systems were given to old couples who couldn't afford a PC but wanted to get connected. I the first couple with my P-III and the last couple just got my Pentium IV. I hooked the systems up for them and gave them all the software as well and my phone # if they need help.
Bill
What we do with oll old computers!
by satyam90 - 11/22/06 7:39 PM In reply to: what I did with my last old computer by wmahoneyMy husband and I keep all of the useful working parts of old computers and use them with other computers, not only for ourselves but for friends and family. My husband loves putting them together!
what did u do with your old computer?
by krazzidavid - 11/22/06 4:25 PM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
i still use my old computer because my new computer is in the shop 3 to 4 times a year thia computer is only 30 month old
Give it to a relative!! I am a firm believer of helping out!
by lassean1 - 11/22/06 4:44 PM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
Well, I come from a family that all my brothers and relatives do not have the cash to buy a PC at all. So as they are going off to College and trying to get their lives together. I want to keep in touch with family. I give them the Extra desktop. Although I am nice I take the old Hard drive out and keep it and charge them for the shipping but hey they get a new PC out of the deal. People really need to understand that a very old PC with a sempron or celeron CPU in it may be garbage to us but to someone with out a computer it is brand new to them.
I reformatted the hard drive and installed linux on it.
by maldain - 11/22/06 4:56 PM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
I have a little garden of linux boxes that I use for a number of things but it keeps those old drives spinning and the power company happy. My oldest system in my little garden is 486DX with 4 mb of memory running RH6. The last addition to the garden was a P4 with 1.2 gig of memory and two 160 gb hdd and a 128mb vid card. It really screams.
pliz move em from your gardern to my bedroom
by toneo - 12/5/06 3:45 AM In reply to: I reformatted the hard drive and installed linux on it. by maldainwell believe it or not you guys do not have an idea how much it means donating an old computer to us from Africa, im not sure of other countries but as for us Zimbabweans its one of the best gift or early christmas one can get,
you said you got a P4 lying in your garden, my folks wont even believe this when i tell them. Pliz forward it to me, i do computer repairs, with a proceessors like that and such huge ram , bro i will be personaly happy to recieve that one, its very expensive for us to buy coz a P4 machine now costs half the price of an ordinary 2nd hand car and less than 40% people of most African countries own cars, then you know what this means
pass me your e-mail pliz and for any one who thinks can make my day pliz use these contacts
TONEO
toneo.neo@gmail.com
1682 142 close
budiriro 1
harare
zimbabwe
What did you do with your last old computer?
by George B. Lockwood - 11/22/06 5:04 PM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
I donate all of my hardware and software to the local school system. They are glad to have fairly new (3-4 years old) PC's , Printers, Scanners, etc.
Gave it to a young relative - for the price of shipping
by rje49 - 11/22/06 5:11 PM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
Don't most people have relatives with kids that will want a computer sooner or later? Maybe the only shortcoming of the computer as far as kids are concerned is when they find out the graphics card doesn't make the grade for the latest and greatest games! Oh well. It cost $56 to UPS the 2 boxes! Fortunately, I still had the original boxes & packing material - I move a lot.
nice guys get hurt
by fmartino - 11/22/06 5:23 PM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
The best way to dispose of an old computer is to salvage what is good, drill holes in the hard drive and dump the rest
My last 3 Sony laptops
by sedonakathy - 11/22/06 5:24 PM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
My Mac friends have liked receiving my PC's. They say it makes it easier to communicate with other PC users...but now that Mac is more compatible with PC I may have to find another solution, especially with Vista and Office 2007 about to arrive.
What I did with my last compter
by jgurbisz - 11/22/06 5:34 PM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
Well I have many "last computers" personally you could say that I collect computers. I have so many computer parts in my house that it is getting ridiculous. But I love it, I use there parts (i.e. ram, dc-drives, floppy drives etc..) over again.
Regards--- jgurbisz
Recycle/Create http://www.mensshed.com
by DiamondC - 11/22/06 5:57 PM In reply to: What did you do with your last old computer? by Marc Bennett
G'Day All: The website above explains a lot about what we do with old PC's and associated gear.
This non-profit organisation provides a "Shed space" for retired blokes.
The main part deals in mostly wood/metal work but I convene a pc recycle project that helps accomadate the more technically retired as well as any one else who wants a new challenge.
We accept Pc's from corporate to Govt. departments . Refurbish them and donate to kids and families that can't afford one, to elderly retired and immobile seniors. All with tuition and back up/support.
Further we also provide equipment to other volunteer organisations with limited funding.
Within the Mens Shed we provide education to all our members who may want to know any aspect of computing.
Further we provide Power Point presntations on Workshop Safety.
These short courses are also available to the wider community.
We also recycle old printers and scanners by salvaging components and creating "new " projects from them, eg: forever torches, garden windmill generators.
Water wheel generators, Camping and outshed lamps(ccfl fluros from scanners). Small scale solar ovens and water heaters to name just a few.
These activities keep the senior's active. viable and contributing in a meaning ful way to our local communities.
This allows bond of mateship to develop and provide a "bloke space " where men can discuss and just BE, with support for all types of problems men experience in retirement.
Regards...Chris frangoff
Robertson, Southern Highlands
NSW. Australia
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