> It must be nice living in a First World coutry. In New > Zealand we pay good money for such machines. For example, > here is a current ad at our equivalent of Ebay: > ------------------------------------------------------- > Dell, Pentium, 166 mhz, 64 mb ram, 1.2 gigs hard drive, > cd-rom, sound card, speakers, 56 k Modem, keyboard, > mouse, 14" compaq 140 svga Monitor, running win 98 and > office 00, everything work Perfect, and look good too. > ------------------------------------------------------- > Bidding starts at $250. Shipping an additional $40 > -------------------------------------------------------
Hmm... About 80 quid according to FT.com. Flipping through the first screenful of ads in the local PC ad newsgroup, I see a handful of Compaq PIII 450s with 64MB and 6.4GB, sound, ATI Rage Pro video, build-in 10/100 LAN, a token ring card (!) and USB ports for 75 quid plus 15 quid delivery or collection; monitors are 20 pounds for 15" or 40 for a 17". Or a Celeron 400 with 192MB RAM and a 10GB HDD, sound card, 14" monitor, Windows and Office 2000; 125 pounds (about $370). Computers over here are getting to be commodities basically; the deals some of the manufacturers offer on new kit are unbelivable, so people think nothing of getting rid of their old box and replacing it. According to my clients, Switzerland is even cheaper. The junked machines tend to be from companies who need to replace kit rather than get someone to upgrade them, and want to avoid the paperwork involved with giving them away or whatever. Unfortunately, Microsoft's licensing policies mean charities and schools don't want to touch machines like that if they run or ran Windows, since they could be open to piracy charges even if they have the relevant documentation apparently. Regards, Ben A L Jemmett. (http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ben.jemmett/, http://www.deltasoft.com/) To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
