[H-GEN] Old laptops

[Jared Norris]

Hi Rod,

I hope you find someone able to make good use of the old laptops but in
case you don't I wanted to point out a great alternative to putting them in
the bin. I recently came across Tony from Substation33 [1] and would highly
recommend them to help you dispose of any old computer/network/random
ewaste stuff you might have.

I don't normally recommend this sort of stuff but these guys tick so many
boxes it's ridiculous, they:
* reuse everything where possible or completely recycle where needed
* work with long term disadvantaged community members to build their skill
set
* get involved in the local community to engage high school students in
engineering - they have a 3D printer they use to make more 3D printers that
they supply to schools for the students to engage with
* even come and pick it up if you have a bunch of it

I figured there might be others on the list who might be interested in a
place happy to help you get rid of your old gear so figured I'd send it to
the list as well.

[1] http://substation33.com.au/

Regards,

Jared Norris
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarednorris

On 17 December 2015 at 12:12, Rod Hurford <rod.hurford at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Good Morning Humbug,
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> I have 2 old laptops I no longer require/want.
> I thought that others may have a use for them (or could suggest a use for
> them?).
>
> They are:
> 1. HP Pavillion dv5, 4GB RAM, Intel Centrino 2(dual core P8600 @ 2.4GHz),
> 320GB hard drive (still has HP recovery partition, I think). Currently dual
> booting vista (!) and an old installation of gentoo I toyed with. Battery
> is completely stuffed. Keyboard is missing the "m" key (although the
> contact is still there and working).
>
> 2. Lenovo thinkpad T61 with a port replicator - purchased 2nd hand off
> ebay for express purpose of running linux so has no windows traces left on
> it. Also has Intel centrino (dual core T7300 @2GHz), 4GB RAM but only has
> 80Gb hard drive (I thought about an SSD but decided a replacement laptop
> would be just as affordable - now have a T410 also purchased 2nd hand off
> ebay). Replaced battery not long after purchase and this battery is still
> functioning albeit with much reduced operating time - haven't timed it but
> I suspect somewhere around an hour. I dropped this once so the corner of
> the case has a piece of plastic broken off.
>
> Both laptops are available for no cost (i.e. "free to a good home").
> If anyone is interested, please contact me on rod.hurford at gmail.com.
>
> If I can't give them away they'll go to the tip. I'm not in a real hurry
> to throw them out but they are taking up space.....
>
> Thanks
> Rod
>
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