[Techtalk] mobo + cpu combos and PSUs need homes

[Akkana Peck]

Carla Schroder writes:
> Give me a little credit, sheesh, I actually thought of that all by my own 
> self! And I actually tried! There are not any places around here who want 
> them. How about you take them off my hands and give them to some charity 
> yourselves. It's hard to junk usable gear, but I'm not going to hang on to it 
> forever for "just in case", and I'm not going to travel all over the country 
> trying to find homes for it.

It's the same here (Silicon Valley) -- most charities and thrift
shops aren't interested in old computer equipment. Most of the time
it comes down to a choice of throwing it away (for free) or paying
a recycler to take it. So a lot of perfectly good stuff ends up
in landfills. :-(

I think part of it is that they assume they'd have to buy copies of
Windows for any computer donated, so it isn't worth the money for
old slow hardware ... they can't imagine the possibility of working
hardware that doesn't need a Windows license at all.

	...Akkana