[Chester LUG] Has anyone got a spare pc?

[Sebastian Arcus]

Hi Stu,

On 16/05/12 21:26, Stuart Burns wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if anyone had a spare PC they have that is surplus to
> requirements. My wife works with people with exceptionally challenging
> behavior and they really do like using the internet but they haven't got
> their own computer and they haven't got the money either to buy one.
>
> Does anyone have anything they would be prepared to donate, or sell for
> a few quid. Something that runs XP fairly well and I can still put some
> cheap dimms in there. It's only for browsing and playing with photos.
> CRT monitors are ok too !
>
> Let me know
>
> Stu
>

I always have some spare stuff around the house. I might not have a full 
PC - but maybe a case, mobo and some ram - and even an older (but 
workable) hdd. Even a spare CD/DVD drive I think. I would recommend a 
new power supply anyway - as they get tired and loose capacity - so a 
4-5 year old one risks killing the hdd or the mobo - so it is not worth 
the effort.

I'm out of the country at the moment though until next Tuesday - so I'm 
afraid I can't help if you need it at short notice.

Sebastian

P.S. - Thinking about it, I don't know what the situation is, but if 
they only need it for the Internet, one of the lighter distros (or just 
a light desktop environment, such as LXDE, XFCE or FluxBox/OpenBox) 
would make a great (and safe) machine to browse the Internet out of 
older hardware.