I got two more computers for free

baby_mike · 20-08-2008

I was at a locally owned computer shop today, talkng with the ownwer. ( I'm friends with him). Well we were going though his storage room and he came across thess two older custom built computer and he looked at me and said you know these have been here for a year or two so you can have them. I was like realy.

So I get them home and one has a 1.0 GHZ pro in it and the other has a 2.1Ghz pro. and the both have 512 MB of ram.

I have put Xp on one, but not sure what I will put on the other one.

secret101 · 20-08-2008

Nice find there is nothin better than free stuff!

Today I got a FREE Triplett VOM meter for my electrical work on guitars and moding and building stuff! Its retailing for at least 275.00$ and I got it FREE im happy.

http://www.elexp.com/tst_tr60.htm
BTW nice find!

baby_mike · 20-08-2008

That is good, my mom use to own a music shop and those were very expensive most of them were like $300 and up.

secret101 · 20-08-2008

So are you building the computer like soldering and circuit diagrams and whatnot?

baby_mike · 20-08-2008

No they are completely put together already

DotDotDot · 20-08-2008

Free computers are nice. I get them for free a lot. Usually take them apart and sell the stuff inside and throw the case out.

UnMarth · 20-08-2008

Nice, not the best. But I guess the owner could of done with the space and they weren't worth much due to their age. As well as consumers want something better, not as if half of them know what they are buying anyway.

Slap Ubuntu on it. Or if you want to know a little more about computers, you could put Ubuntu on it and start changing the settings and turning it into a server slowly but surely.

baby_mike · 20-08-2008

I put the vista advisor on the one with the 2.1 GHZ pro and it said it could support vista. So I put vista on it and it is run real good.

Mr Alex · 21-08-2008

I was going to say give it to me, as I am trying to get something going for someone else, but you already did something with it.

Tell us more about what yah do to them.

UnMarth · 21-08-2008

Ew! Vista on 512MB, it'll work. But you will be so much better off having XP on it. It will run much more smoother and quicker. That or Upgrade the ram yourself, which is pretty cheap to do. I am sure the owner will help you out on how to do that one.

20-08-2008	#1 (permalink)
baby_mike Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The woods Age: 17 Posts: 433 Threads: 84 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1	I got two more computers for free I was at a locally owned computer shop today, talkng with the ownwer. ( I'm friends with him). Well we were going though his storage room and he came across thess two older custom built computer and he looked at me and said you know these have been here for a year or two so you can have them. I was like realy. So I get them home and one has a 1.0 GHZ pro in it and the other has a 2.1Ghz pro. and the both have 512 MB of ram. I have put Xp on one, but not sure what I will put on the other one.

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20-08-2008	#2 (permalink)
secret101 Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Maryland Age: 15 Posts: 503 Threads: 26 Gallery Uploads: 33 Wiki Edits: 4 Blog Entries: 7 Reputation: 4	Nice find there is nothin better than free stuff! Today I got a FREE Triplett VOM meter for my electrical work on guitars and moding and building stuff! Its retailing for at least 275.00$ and I got it FREE im happy. http://www.elexp.com/tst_tr60.htm BTW nice find!

20-08-2008	#3 (permalink)
baby_mike Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The woods Age: 17 Posts: 433 Threads: 84 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1	That is good, my mom use to own a music shop and those were very expensive most of them were like $300 and up.

20-08-2008	#4 (permalink)
secret101 Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Maryland Age: 15 Posts: 503 Threads: 26 Gallery Uploads: 33 Wiki Edits: 4 Blog Entries: 7 Reputation: 4	So are you building the computer like soldering and circuit diagrams and whatnot?

20-08-2008	#5 (permalink)
baby_mike Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The woods Age: 17 Posts: 433 Threads: 84 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1	No they are completely put together already

20-08-2008	#6 (permalink)
DotDotDot Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: NY, USA Posts: 79 Threads: 1 Reputation: 2	Free computers are nice. I get them for free a lot. Usually take them apart and sell the stuff inside and throw the case out.

20-08-2008	#7 (permalink)
UnMarth Mitte! Mitte! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 534 Threads: 11 Gallery Uploads: 1 Wiki Edits: 43 Blog Entries: 15	Nice, not the best. But I guess the owner could of done with the space and they weren't worth much due to their age. As well as consumers want something better, not as if half of them know what they are buying anyway. Slap Ubuntu on it. Or if you want to know a little more about computers, you could put Ubuntu on it and start changing the settings and turning it into a server slowly but surely.

20-08-2008	#8 (permalink)
baby_mike Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The woods Age: 17 Posts: 433 Threads: 84 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1	I put the vista advisor on the one with the 2.1 GHZ pro and it said it could support vista. So I put vista on it and it is run real good.

21-08-2008	#9 (permalink)
Mr Alex Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 15 Posts: 1,886 Threads: 56 Gallery Uploads: 2 Wiki Edits: 11	I was going to say give it to me, as I am trying to get something going for someone else, but you already did something with it. Tell us more about what yah do to them.

21-08-2008	#10 (permalink)
UnMarth Mitte! Mitte! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 534 Threads: 11 Gallery Uploads: 1 Wiki Edits: 43 Blog Entries: 15	Ew! Vista on 512MB, it'll work. But you will be so much better off having XP on it. It will run much more smoother and quicker. That or Upgrade the ram yourself, which is pretty cheap to do. I am sure the owner will help you out on how to do that one.