Comments on: Dell plays undertaker to Canberra’s dead computers

By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 30 May 2007 11:23:06 +0000

I would like to see this happen with all the nice shiny G5 Powermacs & Mac Pros that have had viruses and rendered them useless. Ah crap, thats right, they still have value after 4 years. Owell.

By: McbLt

McbLt — Wed, 30 May 2007 11:01:41 +0000

Definitely, it'd be great to see these running in youth drop in centres or even used as an education resource.

Looking at the site it seems like they're just going to junk the computers. A real shame.

By: Penguinister

Penguinister — Wed, 30 May 2007 05:16:33 +0000

Computer Bank happily accept unwanted (not too old) computers. The systems are refurbished then used in remote community centres here in Australia or some times shipped to places like East Timor.

Im not kidding there are places in Australia were young people have no access to computers for learning due to the local economic conditions.

By: giveaphuk

giveaphuk — Wed, 30 May 2007 03:59:35 +0000

every year i cruise through 'hard rubbush' collection in melbourne & always manage to build one (or two) decent PCs, free, for my starving student mates.

Really amazing what some people throw away these days, exp. when it comes to 'broken' computers, usually needing nothing more than a software re-install.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 30 May 2007 01:12:39 +0000

What a great initiative. Maybe some of our Councils could offer this service at waste transfer stations.

By: steven

steven — Wed, 30 May 2007 00:23:25 +0000

Dell, you so freindly to our little peice of rock in space. I wonder if HP do something similar?……………… doubt it.