[geeks] Q about older PC hardware retention

[Bill Bradford]

On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 01:25:55PM -0400, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> 1) For personal use, how old a machine would you hold on to, as defined by
> processor age/class/generation?

For me it would be something around a multi-proc Opteron 2xx box, or a 
Core Duo system if an Intel.

> 2) For donation to an end-user charity (church, homeless group, battered
> women's shelter, etc - NOT a tech recycling charity) how old a machine would
> you consider donating?

P4 2.4 and 1G RAM is the slowest system I'll build up or donate nowdays;
anything slower becomes torture when using Office at times (and some people
you just can't ask to use OO/LibreOffice/etc).  99% of the time that's what
an organization needs the computers for; Office and Internet access.

I've donated two boxes with these specs to my Masonic lodge over the past
year.

Bill

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Bill Bradford 
Houston, Texas