January 4, 2006
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2 laptops for $20June has two unwanted old laptops. We looked into recycling/donation
programs and didn’t find anything useful. One place wanted to charge
*us* a recycling fee of $10 per laptop! I think that’s ridculous when I
could throw them in a dumpster for free. So instead I’m going to try
to sell both for $20 as a package deal. Before you go thinking that’s
such a great bargain, here are the specs:Laptop #1 (older)
IBM, pre-Thinkpaddead battery
working AC adapter
will not boot (dead motherboard?)
Windows 95, if you can get the hard drive to start up
possible uses: trash it / salvage parts / use in modern art exhibit
Laptop #2 (newer)
Dell Inspiron 5000
4 somewhat-working batteries
working AC adapter
96 MB RAM
4 GB hard drive that makes funny noisesno CD-ROM drive, floppy only
Ethernet PCMCIA card
Windows 98
* I am going to Killdisk the hard drive to remove all private/sensitive information unless you can give me a better alternative.
Unfortunately this will wipe out the Win98 OS and all drivers and
software, making it unbootable.Also, you have to come over to get them. Let me know if you’re interested. If no responses after 3 days, I’m posting this on craigslist.
Comments (5)
mhz please?
Please do not throw them in a dumpster. Save the planet!
me want #2!. Pretty please with cherry?
(active)killdisk works like a charm. they can always install a linux (like damn small linux)
I checked and was surprised to find it clocking in at 500MHz. Jimmy, it’s yours, but you also get the responsibility of disposing of #1 in an environmentally-friendly way. (I think of vegetarianism as an environmentally-friendly thing too.)