[Ti] slightly off topic -- what to do with old computers - was: Re: Dead TI

Teri Lowery terilowery at mac.com
Fri Oct 1 22:48:36 PDT 2010


I teach at a state prison and plan to donate at least one to the prison if it's okay with their IT Dept. Despite the general impression that inmates have color television, weight lifting equipment, three meals a day, etc., there's not much there for the ones who really want to change. Of course all will be erased from the hard drive!

Teri

On Oct 1, 2010, at 9:43 PM, Ardeshir Mehta wrote:

> Best save them. In a hundred years they'll probably be worth a fortune, as antiques.
> 
> 
> 
> On 1-Oct-10, at 3:53 PM, Arne Hulstein wrote:
> 
>> I still have most of my computers even. And yes, my first Mac, a
>> TiBook 500 still sits on my desk, but can use some love as it is
>> getting more and more neglected thanks to the MacBook Pro, the Mac
>> Mini, the iPad etc. But, I still would love to find a half decent
>> donor to straighten it out. ;-)
>> 
>> Arne
>> 
>> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Don <ds1000309 at uid.onemain.com> wrote:
>>> The thread on a dead TiBook prompts me to ask: In general, what do folks do
>>> with old Macs? I am facing retirement and the inevitable downsizing so now,
>>> what to do with the 512KE, PB 100, Power Computing Power Center Pro 180 and,
>>> possibly, the TiBook 400? And depending on where I land, I may have to
>>> switch too a portable and let go of the 1st Gen Intel iMac, too. These are
>>> all functioning computers.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>>> 
>>> Don
>>> 
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