Free computers are always fun.

[BuzzKillington]

My girlfriends friend's boyfriend has an old computer he wants to get rid of... he asked his girlfriend if I would want it... she said "of course he would... he'd be like a kid on Christmas morning."

She IMs me on AIM asking if I wanted her bf's old computer... I said sure. Everything works but it has viruses and is old. Then she told me it's a Sony All-In-One!

I got super excited because I've never worked on one before and I think it'd be fun to mod.

I honestly didn't know they had older all-in-ones but after a little google I found these:
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8661/82491.jpg
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/8929/bpzrk7bgkkgrhgookkejllm.jpg
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5476/bpzrlowmkkgrhgookiuejll.jpg
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/8915/bsewohwwkkgrhgookiyejll.jpg
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/346/sonyvaiovaseries.jpg

I don't know much else about it besides it's sony, it's old and it's an all-in-one with xp.

Updates coming as soon as he gets it to me.

[msmrx57]

Free is always good.

[nevermind1534]

I have one with 98 on it. Mine is an original Gateway Profile.

[x88x]

Hmm, sounds interesting. There are a lot of interesting possibilities with a system like that... :think:

[BuzzKillington]

From what it seems they are just laptops with flipped screens so upgrading may be limited which may be a bummer. I was reading about some of these models and some only accept 1-2 gigs of ram o.O

[TheGreatSatan]

Laptop parts?

[nevermind1534]

Laptop parts?

That's what the Gateway Profile had.

[Kayin]

I scored a free fully working Dell Optiplex GX150 thin client fully working last week. Just loaded Linux Mint and it works fine.

'Twill be the new media center.

[chaksq]

Post pics when you get it. All-in-ones are always interesting.

[TheGreatSatan]

I got a free computer today! Celeron, 256MB, 80GB HD, XP. Just a dead PSU. I'll put a new $20 one in and aanother 256MB and sell it for $150 :)

[Luke122]

TGS: Always a good way to make some spare cash. :D

[BuzzKillington]

I was told he'd get it to me by Wednesday but no word yet.

Very nice TGS. I used to do similar with laptops but that business died now that new laptops are getting so cheap.

[dreamreality]

Nice pick-up! My GF has one of those that she mainly uses as a TV. Sucks a PC, but hey, so many possibilities with it! ;)

[TheRecycler]

Nearly free computers are great too. I've gotten all of my servers and a few desktops from the local recycle center with a small donation. It's also a good place to pick up printers, battery backups and even old heater cores / other coils.

TheRecycler

[chaksq]

I usually fix/rebuild old systems and free hardware and give them to friends or family member that need them. I've also found free parts at recycle centers, like last week I was dumping stuff off at the town transfer station (drop off point for the dump) and they have a small pile of electronics, scored a recent AGP GPU and a DVD drive from a Dell, which are both nice upgrades for my workshop rig.

[Trace]

Yeah, My brother was dropping off the family recycling and got a whole working computer.
The guy said he thought it was getting slower because of the dust. Some people shouldn't own computers.
My brother scored the whole thing-minus the harddrive- and resold it for $100