gi7omy Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-1...l.e099.dl062007 Also here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerman Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Once again I'm baffled by some people's imagination.......and free time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDWAGON Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 That's cool Daithi !! I would like to have that one where it's a picture frame on the wall. And I'm sure my wife would love that one that's a flower pot out in the garden Some people are really creative huh ? Frank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn98109 Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 The computers that don't have a powerful enough processor, or can't be refurbished, go to deconstruction - you could probably get all the parts you want back there, altho the intent is to send them back to Total Reclaim - they send computers to interconnection.org, and get back the pieces of the ones that can't be used - they get more money from the pieces than whole computers and interconnection.org gets the computers to send to Peru or Chile or wherever. Lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golinux Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Many computer components are pretty toxic. Not a good idea to have deconstructed parts laying around the house or garden IMO. Lynn do they send workable boxes or trash to pollute those S. American countries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn98109 Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Many computer components are pretty toxic. Not a good idea to have deconstructed parts laying around the house or garden IMO. Lynn do they send workable boxes or trash to pollute those S. American countries? Yes, they are pretty toxic, that's why the reclamation company sends them where they will be "mined" as "ore" for the metals & stuff. The ones cleared to head south have at least a PIII 500MHz processor, a working Hard Drive, 128MB memory, and a working optical drive - depending on the contract may also be required to have a working floppy drive, but most of those work and are in place, so that rarely needs attention. Often a Hard Drive or optical drive will be missing (retained or destroyed by prior owner) and need to be replaced (that's why the ones that don't meet the specs or won't boot are useful - scavanging). Volunteers have a standing invite to bring in used batteries to go in the battery box for recycling, rather than putting them in home trash. Lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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