Perhaps, like many longtime computer users, you have old computers lying around that, for whatever reason, are no longer useful to you. Maybe the machines are four or five years old (or more), can’t run the multimedia stuff you love and crave, and can’t run recent versions of Windows or top-of-the-line Linux distributions. Idled some time ago, the hardware is piled high in a corner of the garage, gathering dust.
Still, you probably wish you could do something with those old systems besides throw them off the top of your office building just to watch them disintegrate in an entertaining crash. And if you’re anything like me, the idea of your old computers filling a landfill somewhere in some stinky pile adds to the undeniable feeling of guilt that you’re contributing to the destruction of our environment.
Toss It!
So, what else can you do with the aging silicon? For starters, there are many local organizations that you can give old computers to, and they are happy to take them. One such program is the Dell Online Recycling Center, which for a fee of $15, will send someone to your house to drag up to 50 pounds of computer equipment away, including old monitors. The Dell program disposes of the gear in environmentally-friendly ways, including donating your stuff to charity. And if you buy a new Dell machine, the recycle service is free. Given the fact that Dell is now using AMD chips in their servers and…
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