Computer fatalities (was: Linux Made Easy: Linspire 5.0)

[David Ecklein]

Kevin-

I'm with you.  Computers are hard to recycle properly and cheaply.  Why
dispose of something that almost works, if its repair or upgrade is a minor
affair?

If someone comes to me with a computer that looks like it may need a repair
or upgrade more than $100, I am willing to give them a free assessment with
a flat fee quoted before work starts.  Sometimes it does make sense to sell
them a new computer, but quite often not.  Most problems (hardware at
least!) are simple, fortunately.

Dave E.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin D. Clark" <clark_k at pannaway.com>
To: "Greater NH Linux User Group" <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: Computer fatalities (was: Linux Made Easy: Linspire 5.0)


>
> Benjamin Scott writes:
>
> >    The practical upshot is that
> >    if you have to pay a professional to "fix your computer", the bill
> >    can easily come to $300 or $400.  When a brand new system costs not
> >    much more then that, why bother?
>
> One good reason might be because you'd prefer not to see more
> perfectly good stuff end up in a landfill.  You might come to the
> conclusion that a throwaway society isn't sustainable.
>
> >    PCs are becoming disposable.  Even if it's a software problem, if
> >    it breaks, you throw it out and get a new one.
>
> I'm going to interpret this as a description of a mindset and not a
> serious recommendation.  Others might have different
> interpretations.
>
> Regards,
>
> --kevin
> --