What do you do with old computers?
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- Ladylike
I have an old apple laptop (powerbook), should I sell it for a few hundred or donate it?
- detritus0
Flatten; Give away.
Or, keep it for kids, spare rooms.
- raf0
In the US I think you can have a tax break if you donate it, worth its initial price if you kept the receipt. But check with your tax advisor.
- JazX0
Drop them in a ravine
- El_Montr00
Look for the gold in it!
- whereRI0
burn it (ceremonially)
- CALLES0
Porn Station
- nicole_marie0
Give it to a older relative who doesn't have a computer and get them all set up with email, skype, whatever.
It will make them happy and give them more contact with relatives.
- doesnotexist0
sell it
- duckofrubber0
Eat it. Slowly.
- vaxorcist0
DO NOT give it to a tech-intimidated relative, you will have to answer lots of phone calls.....
- orrinward0
If you're London-based I'd possibly be interested in buying it if it is in good working order.
My girlfriend's iBook G4 is on it's last legs and she needs a replacement, and we're both very short on cash.
I've offered her my old Dell but she's not techy at all and has used a Mac all her life. If it runs a browser well enough and has storage for a lot of photos, maybe be able to run Photoshop (not brilliantly, just for some minor image tweaking) then she might well want it.
- lukus_W0
+1 for the old people suggestion.
- jazmine0
you probs get more (in writeoff) if you donate. i'd looked at reselling my mbp that's maybe 3 years old, and i think it was only worth like 400 bucks.
- quack0
keep it powered next to some stem cells. i mean, it couldn't hurt
