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magicman
Created : 18 January 2007
 

Free computers!

I got 2 free computers!
A few days ago my moms boss was getting rid of a few old computers that they wernt using anymore and i managed to get them. my mom works at a mortgage company so i figured they would probibly be crap computers with windows 98 or something on them, well, today when i got the cords for them and got them running i found that they actually have windows xp on them, however both need to have XP reinstalled so now i have to find out were my XP install discs are, either that or i have to borrow a freinds. im not sure what the specs are but they dont seem to be to bad! now if i could just find a use for them....

 

Comments
Thursday, 18 January 2007, 13:46
HoboBen
 		Yay, neat!

Maybe you can use them, networked, for writing multiplayer / mmo games?
Thursday, 18 January 2007, 15:24
Scherererer
 		ooh ooh! set up a cluster server!
Thursday, 18 January 2007, 15:27
Jayenkai
 		Make sure you grab the system's XP License numbers before you format+reinstall, otherwise you won't be getting XP on there any time soon.

In fact, if it's a corporate license they're on, you probably won't get them running anyway.
Thursday, 18 January 2007, 16:22
hyruleknight
 		first write down the specs, use everest home edition to get them all printed out for you and also make sure you have CD keys for them.

or make a linux cluster server
Thursday, 18 January 2007, 16:45
power mousey
 		okay magicman,

you got some free computers dude. Good for you. You can also have my old COmpaq Presario and my XBOX too.

Link em all up as hyrule says.

Hey, shout it from the rooftops too.
Thursday, 18 January 2007, 18:44
garand
 		ill take the presario and XBOX
Thursday, 18 January 2007, 19:49
hyruleknight
 		garand, *shoots with a shotgun* no!!

my Xbox!!! i need one for my cluster server
Thursday, 18 January 2007, 20:05
power mousey
 		okay, garand.

You can have my Compaq Presario. My Maxtor external hard drive is sitting on top of it. So its just a computerized place holder.

and hyrule,

you can have my Xbox. Its just sitting on top collecting dust on my DVD player...which is sitting on top of my VHS player collecting dust...and which my VHS player is ...

cheers,
Thursday, 18 January 2007, 22:04
hyruleknight
 		seriously, i cam have it for free?

if so then i will PM you the location to send it
Friday, 19 January 2007, 02:28
power mousey
 		I first said it as a joke for you and garand.

But now....with all this crap in my room to clean.
Books,books,books everywhere. Dozens of DVDs and galores of games...both video and computer games. Lots of dirty clothes everywhere. sheesh...laundry tomorrow

I feel like I'm in or running a used video-book-game store.
No wonder I haven't hooked up my Hydra yet. Nor really gotten that much serious coding done in awhile.
Time for a major clean...a pre Spring clean.

I'll think about it. But its highly possible. Let me think about it.

cheers,
power mousey
Friday, 19 January 2007, 06:29
garand
 		Sleep on it..
Friday, 19 January 2007, 12:01
power mousey
 		ahhhhhhhhhh!!!

true.

I'll sleep on it...but I can't fit on my whole body on the computer.
but the bed is a lot better...even the carpet floor too.

and I'll think and sleep on it-->the matter at hand.

yet, I have to clean and organize my room for awhile....a whole while too.