I'm starting my final push in my computer sell off project which I had
started as a computer give away project at the 1.0 space, and naturally
didn't want to move to 2.0 as November ground to a halt.
After around 20 computers were given away, I switched gears and turned
this into a sell off project to help compensate for the costs of parts
and time -- and now the costs of transport, storage, and possibly waste
disposal. All of this I find more palatable than just tossing good
equipment.
25% of my net profit is being donated to Skullspace.
I mentioned before that I was going to put Windows on the machines with
OEM tags in order to make them easier to sell. I've since learned that
the licensing doesn't allow for that -- an OEM license sticker *MUST* be
paired with an installation derived from install media that comes from
the OEM itself. Unfortunately, hard drives that may have come with
re-install partitions no longer had them.
Thank you Microsoft for making computer refurbishment with your OS
impossible without signing up for your special refurb licensing program.
So, I'm pricing to clear. $15 machines with at least 1G DDR memory and
all YouTube capable. The advert that I'm putting in paid and free online
classifies is below. Pass it along to folks you know.
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I have old computers for sale, $15.
Special: only $10 if pickup and purchase arranged tomorrow, Saturday
December 7.
Note the operating system on these computers is not Microsoft Windows.
These systems come with lots of software, but other software that you
may find won't run on them.
Contact: Mark Jenkins [email protected]
Standard features:
* Operating system is Lubuntu, a light weight variant of the Ubuntu
Linux. (version 12.04).
* 39 games, mostly old arcade style, but also a few board, card,
puzzle, role playing and simulation games
* LibreOffice a full featured office suite with word processor,
spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, equation, and database components,
with the ability to open and save Microsoft office file formats,
including the new xml formats (docx, xlsx)
* 30 hours of freely licensed mp3 music from Jamendo.com
* Chrome web browser by Google, with built-in flash plugin, video
cards/chips with YouTube and other video capability
* MP3 audio players
* Multi-protocol chat client
* All units have ethernet, USB, PS/2, sound, vga connectors
* Comes with a keyboard and power cable, but not a mouse or monitor
* CD drive
* Pentium IV or similar Intel Celeron or AMD processor
* At least 1GB DDR memory
* At least 30GB hard drive
A free monitor, 15 inch CRT monitor is also available on request while
supplies last.
Computers are sold as is, no returns.
http://www.markjenkins.ca/computer-for_sale.html
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