I personally would say that if you can and would use some of the discarded
hardware, go for it. I just lost my primary box last week (I THINK the
power supply went, but I haven't had time to perform the surgery yet) and
I'm not too proud to give a new home to someone's retired hardware.
Chances are, they're dumping stuff that's newer than what I'm running.
Since I've always pieced together my computers, it's just a different
source for me (normally upgrading a single component at a time through
buying something cheap, or {when lucky} getting equipment the company I'm
working for is replacing). Last night I met a former manager at the
NYJavaSIG meeting and she gave me her old laptop (which showed a system
date of Aug 2006 when I tried it out at home) and an external Jazz Drive
with about a dozen discs. The laptop currently has Win ME, Win NY, and Red
Hat 7.? Installed. I don't know yet if the battery will hold a charge, but
I plan to put the latest Linux that will run on it.
On Jan 12, 2012 10:05 AM, "Mark Wallace" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Being as they might only be taking them to melt down the plastic, they
> might
> not care.
>
>
>
> --
> Robert Mark Wallace
> 60 Delaware Road
> Newburgh, NY 12550-3802
> Telephone: (845) 541-7396
>
> If your neighbor's house is burning down, only a fool would tell himself
> that
> he doesn't have a problem.
>
> On Thursday, January 12, 2012 09:48:50 AM ew wrote:
> > > Is it bad that my first thought was how to set up a checkpoint ahead of
> > > theirs to siphon off the equipment *I* could use?
> > Ha ha... I was wondering the same thing.
> >
> > I think it is debatable where the best place is for aging hardware,
> > specifically concerning hardware that uses significantly more energy to
> run
> > (compared to modern equipment).
> >
> >
> > eric
> >
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