[LUNI] Computer Donations

[Mike Scott]

I don't know what NPOs will take as some tend to be less discriminating,
but I have been working with Midwest Recycling and they will refurb
working systems for resale.  Pretty much a break-even, but you don't
have to pay for disposal.  The rep there told me they are pretty much
only interested in PIII class systems and above.
Anything older is not worth it.

- Mike Scott


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [LUNI] Computer Donations
> From: "Andrew Close" <aclose at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, May 17, 2007 12:57 pm
> To: "Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion"
> <luni at luni.org>
> 
> On 5/17/07, Ramin K <ramin-list at badapple.net> wrote:
> > Mike Fried wrote:
> > > I know company wanting to donate some older machines to an
> > > NPO if they can.  Can anyone tell me what the options are?
> > >
> > > Also, what is the minimum machine worth redeploying these days?
> >
> > For office work? Video editing? Protein folding simulations? :-)
> >
> > P4 2.8, 1GB, 80GB, is standard here at Yahoo.
> 
> we also have a couple (3, maybe 4) machines that we'd be interested in
> donating.  but they are pretty underpowered.  one is a dual processor
> Pentium 166, one is a PII, not sure what the others are...
> are they worth donating or are they junk?
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