On 12/02/2010 11:57 AM, BRM wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > >> From: Robert Derman <robert.der...@pressenter.com> >> I remember that optical disks started to replace floppies in about 1995 >>because Win-95 came either way. Win-98 was CD only. I will admit that DVD >>burners didn't become affordable until about 2005, but most of what I built >>in >>2000 through 2004 had either a CD burner and a DVD read only, or from 2003 on >> >>combo drives, CD burn, DVD read only. But my point here is that 2004 and >>older >>machines are horribly obsolete today, and the vast majority of them have >>been >>scrapped! Also most of these old clunkers are only found in the more >>technologically advanced countries, because the 3rd world countries didn't >>start >>to get computers in any significant numbers until after the time of the old >>floppy based machines. >> > > > FYI - there are a lot of organizations that take any computer they can - > regardless of age - and refurb it and ship it to 3rd world countries so that > some people can simply _have_ a computer. Doesn't matter that it's 10 or 15 > years old - as long as it runs and runs well. They'll find a configuration > that > will run on it. > > Granted, most of such computer do meet the trash can; but they are out there > and > should not be discounted.
:-) All of my systems, with the exception of my laptop, came from organisations (schools, businesses, etc) that were told that they needed to upgrade their hardware to run the latest & greatest WinXYZ OS. A little cleanup, add some memory & on occasion a larger hard drive, load linux, done. My old "obsoletes" run just fine & in many cases run considerably better than out-of-the-box low level system. Most are 2.4Ghz/1-4Gib. Only issue is that the price of old memory can sometimes be prohibitive. As for shipping to 3rd world countries... I take at least 2-3 recycled systems each year & give them to local students/families that can't afford a system. Of course I also include OOo & will include LO once stable. No need to ship to 3rd world countries... there are plenty of kids/families/senior centers, etc., (and I live in a pretty wealthy area) local that are happy to get them. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
