What do I do with old PC's that work, but are almost functionally useless "Pentium 3 or earlier"?
Most of the PC's I have kicking around are almost useless. Yea they can work with sufficient ram. but these days browsing the internet is getting more CPU intensive and these PC's really cant keep up with the pace.
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http://www.goodwill.org/page/guest/about/howweoperate/donations/tipsfordonatingacomputer
2. Computers with Causes is a great organization that will take any computers
http://www.computerswithcauses.org/computer-donation-why-us.htm
3. Computers for Schools offers certified refurbished computers
to schools and non-profits at about 1/3 of the cost of new and takes donations.
http://www.pcsforschools.org/
4. Gifts in Kind America accepts donations of many different items, and does not restrict itself to just computer and office equipment.
http://www.giftsinkind.org/
5. National Cristina Foundation provides the means for donations of used equipment to benefit charities and schools. Companies or individuals seeking to donate can use their on-line donation form to enable their equipment to be reused.
http://www.cristina.org/
6. Recycles.Org is a national exchange network hosting the Nonprofit Computer Recycling and Reuse Network and the Nonprofit Materials Exchange Network.
http://www.recycles.org/support/faq_donate.php
7. TechSoup "the technology place for nonprofits" offers comprehensive listings of places to donate computer hardware or find recycled computer hardware for your nonprofit organization.
http://www.techsoup.org/
8. The On It Foundation is dedicated to providing free computers along with computer training and Internet access to low-income families with students in grades K-12 receive a free or reduced school lunch and reside within the United States.
http://www.theonitfoundation.org/
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M$On my home network, I keep my photos/music/videos. I get automatic backups of my PC and even my wife's mac can get to the music and photos. I pipe video to my television from the server through my networked TIVO...great fun.
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Please support Linux where you can, and avoid throwing yet more money at Microsoft. This is a company that has been known to use scare tactics against schools, for example, by trying to convince them that donating a computer with Windows on it to a school is illegal - that the school has to buy it again. And of course Microsoft is just *so* generous that they'll sell you Windows a second time and a "discount".
Linux, on the other hand, is all free, all the time. Make as many copies as you want, put it on as many computers as you want, give it away freely. Anybody who is in the business of computers, as the asker states, should not have a problem at all with it. My wife and kids use Linux computers here at home without problem.
Good option, however I have already built myself a raid 5 nas with hot spare running windows server 2003.
Good answer though. Thanks.
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I like the idea of using a computer for a home server (I use an old blue and white G3 for this purpose), but it really only takes care of what to do with one computer. I also have my server connected to the TV and it just isn't fast enough to play newer video files and so it has limited functionality.
If you don't care about how much electricity you are using with the old computers then just put one in every room of the house. One can have tons of recipes and be kept in the kitchen, another in the living room displaying photos, another used as a server, another for kids games, etc.
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woops ment to give it 5 stars.