Ask HN: What to do with two old desktop machines?
Hey HN,
I have two desktop computers with 2-year-old quad cores and 8gb of ram. They are still somewhat powerful machines, but they sit in my closet because my MacBook has all of my needs completely covered.
I thought about donating them to a hacker house, like noisebridge - but I hear that they'd probably end up in pieces and never really used.
What should I do with these machines? Happy to donate processing power (put them online in my apartment), but I'd rather just physically give them to a good cause.
Cookie points for crafty ideas.
Thx HN & merry xmas :)
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Step 1: Identify a good cause, preferably local. Identifying a local good cause, however, will make transporting the computers less work and cheaper...Yes, this will require some work.