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by jiminpa

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I'm sure we have all found ourselves in this situation and I was wondering if you all could help me come to a decision. I have two computer which I need to part ways with. SWMBO says we need to make room :(

Honestly I really don't use them anymore any way I'm always on my laptop. I was thinking of selling them but I wonder, could I get more if I put them up on ebay as parts or as a whole system. They are kind of OLD so I'm really not sure how useful they would be as complete systems unless someone loaded Linux on them. The specs are as follows.

Dell P420
733mhz 512 meg RAM 2x9 gig SCSI HD
Dell Dimension 2300
1.8Ghz 390 meg RAM 80 gig HD

Like I said, not the latest and greatest stuff. What have you done? What do you think?

Note: I know what some of you who don't know me may be thinking but I assure you these are mine they are not stolen (who would steal equipment that old any way). Any advise will be greatly appreciated.

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by oh smeg

Though you may find that some bits do not sell and you have to throw them out.

The Wife is the most likely item to end up on the Unsold list even if you use a Glamor Photo in an attempt to sell her on. :p

Col

by jiminpa

Although it may be worth a try. Maybe if the buy the wife I can throw the PC's in for free.

:D

by oh smeg

You keep the computers and get even more?

[b]SWMBO[/b] here has hit the roof with the number of computers that I have here and I only have a few. only 4 in this room and the one I setup to record her DVDs so the nephews don't destroy the new ones that she buys and my NB but that's a tool for my work.

Sure there are a few downstairs but they are out of her Domain and there are only a few 35 now. :(

I wasn't allowed to bring an old Main Frame home so there are no big ones honest.

But to keep her happy I've started buying Ducati Parts and no more computer parts for me at least till she starts complaining about the amount of [b]HER[/b] money I'm spending again. :D

I've been very good I've only ordered a few hundred $ worth of parts this week and they will all fit in an envelope the size of an A4 piece of Paper. Decals are extremely expensive and take up no space at all. :^0

Col

by dedlbug

They seem prteey old to me (and you obviously) I just don't feel that there is a market for old computers anymore. (Well this old anyway) If you were to sell them, I may have to be the entire computer...not just the parts. However, if they were mine, I would just recycle them. =]

by jiminpa

I have loaded to dual boot with RH 9.1 and it runs pretty well. It does struggle a bit with Windooze...

by ic-it

and use it either as a file server or media center.
Another option may be to clean them up and donate them to a charity for a tax write -off.
Or setup a Honey Pot and play with the hackers. ;-)

by jiminpa

I just don't have the space for them right now.

by jiminpa

I offer to pay for them to take her and then I throw in a free PC. It's a win win. :D

by oh smeg

Some females get slightly upset when they see things like that.

Of course if you have Edumicated her well enough you would want to keep her to begin with so I'm assuming that you failed that basic test of a Husband.

No matter you'll know better next time. :D

Provided that she doesn't catch you out and serve you up [b]Testicle Soup[/b] tonight for tea. :^0

Col ]:)

by willcomp

There are probably non profit organizations or daycare centers in your area that would love to have two working PCs capable of running XP.

by rob miners

you'll get a buzz out of knowing that you are helping someone out that may be less fortunate. ;)

And no-one knocking on your door because it doesn't work the way that they expected. :D

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