Does anyone have any old computers they would like to give away or sell ?

Does anyone know of a place to get really cheap old comps to port linux to ?

Thanks alot !! ^_^

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C'mon, it's not like there's a shortage of cheap PC's, just check your local classifieds or Ebay. Either way LQ is not the place for these sorts of solicitations. -- J.W.

Ive seen many threads for NewEgg, Tiger Direct and Pricewatch so whats the difference in the above thread? Its not like he works for them. Did the policy change or something

J.W.

Is that directed at me?

It's likely directed at the original poster. However, it applies to anyone, truly anyone.

If you have 400 posts, and throw up a question regarding a new piece of hardware you are thinking of adding to your system, and link to a pricewatch item, I doubt it would be taken as advertising. However, if you have 3-4 posts, and your fifth post is a link to freeipods.com/12345 where 12345 is obviously your userid, it's generally understood IMHO that is advertising. Things like the above are a little more grey and require a bit of thought, and J.W. made a judgment call that it's advertising.

HTH

Cool

It's called www.ebay.com

My message really wasnt aimed to be an advertisement. But thank you. And thank you for those websites. I really just wanted some experienced users opinions. Sorry tho

^_^

Thanks

My apologies if my post seemed harsh; in retrospect I should have phrased it differently.

From my point of view the OP was posting what essentially amounted to a "Wanted" ad, which would be treated the same as "For Sale" ads. For the same reasons that we don't allow selling in the forums, neither should we allow ads soliciting merchandise, cars, jobs, etc, etc, etc. Again, sorry if my original post seemed harsh. -- J.W.

No, my comment was in response to the original post. -- J.W.

Put an ad in a local paper. If you live in a City of any size at all, it may surprise you at just how many folks are throwing them in the trash.

Steve

You can also look into schools (both on grade and university). Occasionally when my university gets money that is deemed to be used on us students, they upgrade a random computer lab and sometimes auction off the older ones. Or, if you know some of the system admins, you can trade stuff for hardware heading for the trash.

Thanks thats a great idea !!

^_^

Yep, definately look at schools and universities. Often I look in bins around my university and you can sometimes find something. Found a P2 there once.