What computer/OS are you using?

[Nichi]

I just got it working again; my files are long gone, of course, but I can at least use it again

[Chocofreak13]

if you upgraded the ram you might be able to get more. like, to a gig or something. doesn't seem TOO expensive....

[Nichi]

That Optiplex can only handle 512MB of RAM, and the money it costs for that much SDRAM is better spent going into Frankenstein

[Chocofreak13]

eh, alright. if you save it for a few years you might be able to get more for it.....

[Nichi]

If it doesn't sell, I could try hanging onto it longer...although Optiplexes are plentiful around here, so there likely wouldn't be much demand for one

[Red-Machine]

Well, Dell may SAY that it only supports 512MB.  My Dimension 4550 only officially supports 1GB, but I'm running 2.

[Nichi]

If it wasn't for the fact I don't feel it's worth putting too much money into, I'd consider seeing if I could push it further with more RAM

[Chocofreak13]

yeah, it's probably not worth it to sink money into it if you're not going to turn a profit.

you could sell it for parts....

[Nichi]

Yeah, if all else fails I could post a listing on craigslist selling it for parts or something

[Chocofreak13]

it would suck if it comes down to that, but good luck with it.

i'd feel bad if i did this myself, since i consider it to be like the torturous murder of a computer, but it'd be nice to know how to extract the gold from computer parts. :\

[Bella]

I used to be really upset by people scrapping older comps., but now I don't really care what happens to post-mid-1990s, non-Apple-or-IBM computers, as long as they aren't rare or whatever. : /

Of course that's only desktop computers, servers, mainframes, etc. I'd like to see preserved. -w-

[Krizonar]

I'm still upset by people throwing away Apples, even if they don't work.
Makes me think of Megatron in the 80's TF movie. "but I stiiiiiil function!"

[Nichi]

I try to avoid parting out something that still works unless, like Crappy, it deserved it; that desktop was so poorly assembled with no care put into any part of it, that it felt more like a mercy kill to tear it down for parts to save Frankenstein Classic.

[Chocofreak13]

i don't feel bad about recycling computers, as that's recycling. but COMPLETELY RIPPING THE CHIPS APART FOR THE GOLD makes me feel bad. ;^;

[Nichi]

Now that I'm against, unless it's honestly beyond saving; with broken pins and such.