Posted by: tahir
HDDs for charity? - 23/09/2016 12:47
I've got a collection of working SATA HDDs which I need to get rid of (1x320gb, 3x500gb, 1x1tb) I thought I'd donate them to charity but I can't find anywhere online to do that, they all seem to want whole PCs.
Any ideas for a UK charity that I can give these (possibly other stuff too) to?
Posted by: Dignan
Re: HDDs for charity? - 23/09/2016 21:37
I can't imagine that there are any charities that would want that. I'm surprised you even found charities that want whole PCs. Do they specify what kind of PCs?
I was under the impression that schools and charities didn't want old computers anymore. It's hard for them to refurbish a bunch of one-offs, especially when they can get professionally-refurbished systems bulk-ordered for very little. I could order a dozen Core 2 Duo Dell Optiplex computers for under $1000, and they'd come with fresh Windows 7 licenses. I think a charity would consider that a better use of their time and money, rather than taking one of my client's ancient XP towers they've had since 2002.
Posted by: larry818
Re: HDDs for charity? - 24/09/2016 01:09
Goodwill (here in the US) uses the sales of their stuff to hire folks and keep them employed. They take computer stuff and build working systems.
Posted by: K447
Re: HDDs for charity? - 24/09/2016 13:15
I ...professionally-refurbished systems bulk-ordered for very little. I could order a dozen Core 2 Duo Dell Optiplex computers for under $1000, and they'd come with fresh Windows 7 licenses...
Link for these refurbished comouters?
Windows ... oh well...
Posted by: Dignan
Re: HDDs for charity? - 24/09/2016 21:40
Here's where I occasionally get refurbs for clients who want a cheap computer. They sell Macs too.