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Control-Alt-Recycle

Posted by michael on from the computers-go-out-tuesdays-in-the-blue-bags dept.

klevin writes "Grist magazine's running an article on what to look for when the old PC's running out of gas and you want to avoid trashing the environment even further. Their suggestions include: upgrade instead of replacing, go for LCD monitors instead of CRTs and, if replacing, reuse the old one as an MP3 server on your home network."

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  1. re-use isn't an option for me by imadork · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    My wife has decreed that there should be more living organisms than computers in our house. Currently, there's one old Mac G3 desktop, one Linux server, one Linux firewall, and two laptops against two humans and two dogs, so I'm currently not in compliance. (luckily, she's not counting the TiVo). So, any new computer that comes into the house must be matched by an old computer leaving, or else Bad Things Will Happen.

    But, I used this to my advantage -- when the Linux server recently took up smoking as a new hobby, instead of fixing it, I was able to get approval to spend money on a G4 on the condition that I get rid of both the Linux server and the Smurfy G3. Imagine: buying new hardware will actually make my wife happy!