Don't recycle your old laptops! - (Donate them to a student)

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macjones

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#174982 12-Jun-2015 16:39

Hi all,

We're running a trial project to get old laptops out of IT storage cupboards and into the hands of students.

In a nutshell....

- Donate us your Windows XP era laptops
- We'll re-image them with a lite version of Ubuntu Linux & the Chrome browser and donate it to a needy student.

Details here:

http://maconstuff.blogspot.com/2015/06/dont-recycle-your-old-laptops-donate.html

Thanks :-)
Mac

ubergeeknz

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#1323548 12-Jun-2015 16:42

Gotta say, you'll be lucky to find any laptops of that era still working...

linw

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#1323582 12-Jun-2015 17:16

Especially the batteries!

Anyway, good luck with your project.

DravidDavid

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#1323719 12-Jun-2015 21:56

ubergeeknz: Gotta say, you'll be lucky to find any laptops of that era still working...

I'm not sure about you, but I service PLENTY of them.

Laptops work fine, but almost always I hear "Oh the battery works, but only for a minute". Haha. Like an inefficient UPS instead of a power source!