What to do with old pc's from work??

[Over Clocker]

Hi guys,

We have about 25x 17" working CRT monitors and about 15x Celeron 900 PC systems at work which are obviously no longer used.

Any ideas on what we could do with them?
I was thinking of wiping the drives and giving them to staff.

Other ideas are giving them to a charity, or towing them behind a minibus and seeing how easily they break

Mal

 

[PardonTheWait]

Ebay 'em and put it by for the bar at the next work do you have

 

[Jez]

Give them to staff Might as well make it seem like a perk

 

[Burbleflop]

I had a load of old IT stuff to get rid of before Christmas and I found that schools and charities weren't interested so I ended up paying to get them disposed of.

We did consider giving them to staff but when we've done it in the past the staff seem to think that the PCs come with Windows, Office and a free 24/7 support contract. Rather than deal with the hassle and arguements we decided not to offer them. In the long run, it was cheaper (time vs money) to get them disposed of.

 

[Al Vallario]

Could always donate them to Folding, SETI, BOINC (or whatever the cool cats are doing these days) projects

 

[NickXX]

Give them to Staff.

 

[Over Clocker]

Think i'm gonna offer them to Staff.

I'm an IT manager in a school and we wouldn't want them. All P4 here!

Will stress that they come with NO software and NO support.

Cheers,

Mal

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Wipe the drives with a tool like Boot and Nuke. Then stack them in a lonely place somewhere and set up a wee cluster. Set it to work researching cancer, parkinson's and altzheimer's diseases.

It's real quick and real easy.

 

[Jonny69]

Ebay and bar money seems like the best suggestion so far.

 

[Over Clocker]

cba to ebay, package and courier pcs and monitors tbh. More hassle than it will be worth.

Mal

 

[MNuTz]

well i could do with a pc and 2 monitors!!

One company i worked for sold all their desk chairs in 1 wing when the huge contract was coming to an end and they set a fixed price (£10) and then gave the money to charity!

 

[TriedandTested]

Charities will take them..you just have to look a little. I got rid of a load that took them PCs over to the kids affected by the Chenobyl disaster.

 

[trojan698]

Staff or charity imo.

 

[Zefan]

Set up your own school folding team.

 

[kirbrot]

Will stress that they come with NO software and NO support.

Good luck!!!! unfortunatley it never works like that, i still get called about PCs from 3 jobs ago...

we are currently palming off a load of old PCs & TFTs to the local hospice, quite a lot of work involved getting them prepped though and i'd rather skip them (bah humbug)

 

[DiG]

Stick them outside wish a sign on saying no longer needed, they won't be there for long!

 

[LordSplodge]

Think i'm gonna offer them to Staff.

I'm an IT manager in a school and we wouldn't want them. All P4 here!

Will stress that they come with NO software and NO support.

Cheers,

Mal

As a fellow IT Manager, please do not give them to the staff. No matter how much you tell them they will expect support, bootleg software et al.

Especially seeing as they are teachers!

Bin them, bin them quickly or do what I did with 15 Celeron 700s and give them to primary schools.

 

[Mellownatts]

Giving to staff probably the best bet, keeps them happy and probably easiest way to get rid of them.

 

[shimy182]

id have one

 

[monkeypants]

Stick them outside wish a sign on saying no longer needed, they won't be there for long!

Nah, that never works. Stick a sign on that says £50 each. They'll be gone in no time.