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[Electra]

I never realised Dell was so highly thought of. I was over on eBay and a lot of people in the Community swear by Dell.

What do you guys do with your old computers you want to get rid of? I assume you don't wear them out completely before you buy new ones. Do you just junk them..or raid them for spare parts..or maybe give them away?

[Hell Puppy]

If you want built to order with quality and price, Dell is tough to beat right now. Amazing deals on both desktops and notebooks.

Proprietary parts are largely a non-issue. Dell has a good warranty and ships replacements with easy to follow instructions should something break. Most of the things you might actually want to upgrade before the computer is retired are indeed standard (hard drivers, ram, etc).

In most cases a computer is largely disposable these days at the current price points. By the time something breaks, you will usually be craving newer technology, and on the low end it's just not a huge investment.

I part out some computers, most get put to some kind of service though. I have some that have become linux boxes. Next PC I have with decent horsepower that I reply will likely become a media server.

If Dell isn't your thing and you truly want custom, go to Newegg.com.

[TheEnforcer]

Originally Posted by Electra

I never realised Dell was so highly thought of. I was over on eBay and a lot of people in the Community swear by Dell.

What do you guys do with your old computers you want to get rid of? I assume you don't wear them out completely before you buy new ones. Do you just junk them..or raid them for spare parts..or maybe give them away?

If you don't want to deal with it yourself you can have Dell recycle your old system. It's one of the options when customizing your computer for them to send you.

[Electra]

Originally Posted by TheEnforcer

If you don't want to deal with it yourself you can have Dell recycle your old system. It's one of the options when customizing your computer for them to send you.

Thats good to know. I never know what to do with my old PC's. I have three laptops now as well I don't know what to do with LOL

[Toby]

Originally Posted by Electra

Thats good to know. I never know what to do with my old PC's. I have three laptops now as well I don't know what to do with LOL

Wipe them clean of any personal info and donate them to your local school.

[Electra]

Originally Posted by Toby

Wipe them clean of any personal info and donate them to your local school.

Schools don't want them. My friend used to work at AT&T in New York. Every year they throw out dozens of old computers. They tried donating them to local area schools but were told that the schools only wanted new ones. That's how I got my first computer. Jimmy..my friend took a bunch of thrown out PCs out of the trash and gave them away. It worked perfectly LOL

[Forest]

I bought a think pad and so far love it

they have a discount store on their site as well. Got mine brand new for 45% off the list price

and they have ALL usa based tech support. =)))