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What To Do With Old Laptops?
An anonymous reader writes "I've recently acquired a few old P2/P3 laptops. Most either work properly but are slow, or have various problems with power supplies and/or batteries. Attempting to sell them would probably earn less than the cost of shipping, so that's out of the question. I was hoping the Slashdot crowd could give me some ideas on what to do with these old computers. As somebody who already has ~10 computers lying around the house there is certainly no need for an additional computer to 'experiment' with, so I was hoping for some more creative suggestions."
My karmas gonna take a hit but... How about a beowulf cluster?
You could go office space on their synthetic asses. Baseball Bat, throw in a dash of anger issues and you got a party :). PC Load Letter THAT!
http://xkcd.com/350/
It's difficult to have an idea that doesn't relate somehow to xkcd, particularly on slashdot.
I am not an expert. If I am misled in something, please correct me.
FFS, what is Slashdot coming to?
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
Yup. http://repair4laptop.org/notebook_picture_frame.html
Is this a subtle joke, or are you serious (and wrong)?
The OLPC doesn't accept used laptops for donations. They're wanting $$ to purchase the XO unit and donate it abroad. This has nothing to do with old laptops in your possession that you want to get rid of responsibly.
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
Uh... send them to OLPC? They have their own laptop hardware that they're promoting, now with Windows installed -- they're not refurbing old laptops. For that, you might look at http://www.worldcomputerexchange.org/donate_equipment
(But they only accept P3 systems)
Returned Peace Corps IT Volunteer
I think you got the information on the page you linked to wrong. They want you to donate money (which they say to use to buy laptops), not old hardware. OLPC isn't about recylcling.