In need of a pc

stani101

hey all,

know this is a bit unusual, but i am need of a pc. if anyone has got one they want to give away for recycling or throw away, can i please have it. i just need it for my studies and do not have the cash to buy one at the moment. if anyone has such a pc to give away, please gi me a shout. min hard drive 4GB. thanx:)

Ruu_Old

You could try asking in the Shop->Wanted Adverts->Computer Hardware, you might get a better response there. People reguarly are throwing away/selling older computers.

joebhoy1916

If there is any free computers it will be in www.adverts.ie

exactiv

where are you? cork, limerick, galway? please specify.

stani101

i am in lucan, county dublin. do u have any?

exactiv

I've something kicking around somewhere. But I'm in Cork I'm afraid. There's loads of people with those kinda machines around. put an ad on adverts.ie in the wanted section.

mada999

I say if you went to your local recycling plant they will have a good load of pc's lying around that you could salvage....

christophicus

Are you allowed to do that?? Just go to a recyelling center and take any PCs they have lying around??

stani101

i don't know for sure. i think i am going to have to ask around about that. if anyone knows let us know. anyway, please don't forget my request. need this pc badly.

gnashrr

As a student you can apply for grants in certain townships for a computer to help with your studies and now is the time they are taking applications for funding in September. Are you living with your parents and/or in receipt of any sort of grant or social welfare payment?

christophicus

do you have to be a college student to avail of these grants or can you still be in secondaty school??:)

projectmayhem

if you pop into some education institute and ask they may have one lying around that's of no use

gnashrr

christophicus wrote:

do you have to be a college student to avail of these grants or can you still be in secondaty school??:)

Third level or on an appropriate aspiring avenue to be so. Those in disadvantaged situations inclusive but not exclusive to geography will be looked upon with more generous eyes. A computer is not essential kit for secondary level education. I get the impression that the OP will be studying computers in some shape or form.

quad_red

projectmayhem wrote:

if you pop into some education institute and ask they may have one lying around that's of no use

No use - I was in UCC 4 years ago and whilst working on an open day I found a room FULL to the brim with computers that had just been replaced. I was told they'd just be left there to rot. I asked why don't they just let the students take them?

Was told that they wouldn't do that under any circumstances. To 'give away' assets was a time consuming and complicated process. Easier to just let them sit there and rot.

What a waste :mad:

MunsterCycling

Thats UCC for ya, buy up half the surrounding property then turn it into a Ghosttown during the summer or just let it rot so the locals just move on and let you expand even more. IIRC Brenard Allen was correct when he said: They (UCC) have done more to damage the fabric of that area of the city than any developer, or words to that effect.

Leaving PCs to rot is a fav pastime of most large institutions, just couldn't be arsed disposing/distributing them when they would still be useful.

MC

quad_red

MunsterCycling wrote:

Leaving PCs to rot is a fav pastime of most large institutions, just couldn't be arsed disposing/distributing them when they would still be useful.

MC

Such a waste. Large public institutions should be the first ones to adopt a policy of reducing waste and maximising the value gotten out of things like computers.

It's common now but even 5/6 years ago having any sort of computer was a luxury. I can remember queing for 40mins to get a computer in Boole Basement when I had an essay to write up.

And the thought of rooms being filled with computers that would have been well capable of word processing was just irritating as hell.

stani101

hello!!! remember me? still need a pc here!! lol!! anybody has one?

projectmayhem

stani101 wrote:

hello!!! remember me? still need a pc here!! lol!! anybody has one?

there are several posts here saying where you could obtain one... go get one..