What is the best thing to do with that old computer equipment?

Question

Throw it away?Sell it?Donate it to someplace?I'm undecided.

Answer 1

Depends how much time you want to put into it and how much the equipment is worth.  If it's not worth much, I'd say post a note on craigslist and give it away.  Ask local schools if they would have any use for it.  Maybe a senior center...  

Answer 2

If it's trashed and not working you could recycle it. There is a growing number of electronics recyclers in the US.

If it works and is old maybe you can see if you can sell it on eBay. You'd be surprised what people would buy. You can also choose to recycle it. Just make sure you're not recycling an old Apple II with the signatures of the Apple II dev team inside. ;-) That stuff is money.

If it's fairly new hardware then definitely try to sell it. If it's something small, sell it on eBay or Amazon. If it's something big like a whole computer, try Craigslist.com or the local paper. There may also be recyclers that recondition used computers to be used for schools or low income families.

Answer 3

Greetings alm

Well proper disposal should be taking to a place that will recycle it. Some of the Big Box stores will take it off your hands for a nominal fee and the parts and pieces make it back into the repair stream. Yes computers can and are repaired with used parts.

You can experiment making network storage devices, put any free linux operating system on them and learn a new OS. Make them into media servers, firewalls, routers and a number of single purpose devices.

Could be your spare computer, legacy gamer, internet phone box to name a few.

You can give it to someone who wants to do the above, or sell it if it still has some life left in it.

No one can tell you what to do, obviously you have to make that choice right?

Best regards

Siz

Answer 4

Take it to a recycler, if it's too old to find a buyer.

Most areas have a company that accepts equipment to recycle for no charge, better than dumping it.

Answer 5

keep it then in like 30 years some old antique collector will buy it for millions from you...