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Mocker · Nov 9th, 2005, 8:59 PM

I'll prob get burned for this but I have an emachine, I got it for around $400, $450 with a monitor 2 years ago and it's still going pretty decent. The only thing I got ripped off on ram, didnt even really have enough to run windows, but $50 worth of ram and I havent had a problem with it. AMD 2400 processor, kinda shabby video card that worked fine but coudlnt run some games, I got an nvidia from a friend. Anyways, the value pcs or whatever are often pretty decent, they arent all going to fall apart on you. My emachine has outlasted lots of friends systems.

Dameon · Nov 9th, 2005, 10:23 PM

Call up some of the local government agencies and even local schools. Such places are notorious for buying huge numbers of machines and getting rid of them just a few years later. Some hold auctions, others silently dispose of them. Even if they aren't "upgrading" at the time, there's still a fair chance that there's something laying around that you can take off their hands (for a small fee or not).

coldDeath · Nov 10th, 2005, 1:05 AM

My school gets all the old computers and leaves them in the foyer for peopel ot take. ^_^

Pdp100 · Nov 10th, 2005, 8:29 AM

Sweet, i think ill check out my local school then, problem is all there computers are crap, but ill look into that, thanks

coldfx · Dec 17th, 2005, 3:09 AM

Ebay I guess if it's tests. But I know another but it's not a worldwide company. (I think)

Also building comps. is easy...Actually....If you have no idea scratch that lol

EDIT: Cold your school does that?!?!?! In mine I help rebuild servers (About 200) and if there old they donate 'em to other schools or eventually just churches... For me there's a law against throwing those out =(

Polyphemus_ · Dec 17th, 2005, 4:36 AM

@coldfx: i hope you do realize the last post was posted like more than one month ago?

Nov 9th, 2005, 8:59 PM	#31
Mocker Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 218 Rep Power: 0	I'll prob get burned for this but I have an emachine, I got it for around $400, $450 with a monitor 2 years ago and it's still going pretty decent. The only thing I got ripped off on ram, didnt even really have enough to run windows, but $50 worth of ram and I havent had a problem with it. AMD 2400 processor, kinda shabby video card that worked fine but coudlnt run some games, I got an nvidia from a friend. Anyways, the value pcs or whatever are often pretty decent, they arent all going to fall apart on you. My emachine has outlasted lots of friends systems. __________________ #programmingforums relay - http://thegupstudio.com/cgi-bin/pforelay.cgi freelance scripts - http://ryanguthrie.com/index.html

Nov 9th, 2005, 10:23 PM	#32
Dameon Troll Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 732 Rep Power: 4	Call up some of the local government agencies and even local schools. Such places are notorious for buying huge numbers of machines and getting rid of them just a few years later. Some hold auctions, others silently dispose of them. Even if they aren't "upgrading" at the time, there's still a fair chance that there's something laying around that you can take off their hands (for a small fee or not). __________________ MD5(sig) = bcef75433db02e9ad9bf81d6f7c5c270

Nov 10th, 2005, 1:05 AM	#33
coldDeath Expert Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UK Posts: 862 Rep Power: 4	My school gets all the old computers and leaves them in the foyer for peopel ot take. ^_^ __________________ Programming Tutorials - Linux Installation Guide - Learn Python - Learn C++ Got Slack? Join us at #programmingforums @ irc.freenode.net! My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.

Dec 17th, 2005, 3:09 AM	#35
coldfx Newbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Ebay I guess if it's tests. But I know another but it's not a worldwide company. (I think) Also building comps. is easy...Actually....If you have no idea scratch that lol EDIT: Cold your school does that?!?!?! In mine I help rebuild servers (About 200) and if there old they donate 'em to other schools or eventually just churches... For me there's a law against throwing those out =( __________________ I know the meaning of life. Well I almost did but then my dictionary fell apart so I lost it =(

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Nov 10th, 2005, 8:29 AM	#34
Pdp100 Programmer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: England Posts: 62 Rep Power: 3	Sweet, i think ill check out my local school then, problem is all there computers are crap, but ill look into that, thanks

Dec 17th, 2005, 4:36 AM	#36
Polyphemus_ Expert Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands Posts: 942 Rep Power: 4	@coldfx: i hope you do realize the last post was posted like more than one month ago?

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