Re: What do you do with your old computers?

On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:48:54 -0600, "HeyBub" <heybub@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Pete Dashwood wrote:
>
>[...]
>>
>> As noted above, if you decide to leverage some of your "old"
>> equipment and hit problems, I'm really happy to help. This has been a
>> really fun project... :-)
>>
>
>Cool. If you want a hobby. With lickty-split computers, pre-laden with 
>Vista, available for under $300, it's not economical to put a 386 machine
on 
>life-sup****t.
>
>You could donate grandpa computer to a school, but the computer doesn't
have 
>any software and the school will forever be calling you up for help.
Besides 
>which, the paperwork for a tax deduction is overwhelming. Many 
>municipalities forbid putting them in the trash and recycling centers 
>sometimes demand you pay a fee to take them.
>
>No, the only thing you can do with ancient computers is to leave them in
a 
>school yard during the dark of the moon. I've done this several times,
and 
>even once with a refrigerator. Works swell. 

You offer it on freecycle.org. Someone will come to your door, at your
convenience, and
haul it away. I've cleared out a whole apartment in one day. It's amazing
what they'll
take.