What to do with an old PC?

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mechsympathy

Original Poster:

53,176 posts

257 months

Wednesday 19th December 2007
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And it's very old. 7ish years and cheap when we bought it. I'll remove the harddrive and wave large magnets over it (After donning my tinfoil hathehe) but is there anything useful I can do with the rest of it?

tigger1

8,402 posts

223 months

Wednesday 19th December 2007
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Give it to somebody?
Run it as a server?
freecycle? (Would recommend removing the HDD completely though)

mechsympathy

Original Poster:

53,176 posts

257 months

Wednesday 19th December 2007
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I don't know anyone who wants an old PC.
Don't need a server. (More to the point I don't know whether I could use one, or even howhehe)
Freecycle's a good plan thoyes

JulianHJ

8,761 posts

264 months

Wednesday 19th December 2007
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Freecycle - someone'll have it it short order.

andy_quantum

13,204 posts

206 months

Wednesday 19th December 2007
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Run dban on the hard drive then flog it off in pieces on ebay, or give it to a charity