David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-07-03 11:08, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Friday 03 July 2020 13:17:33 Davide Lombardo wrote: >> >>> Good evening Debian User, I have found an old PC with these specs: > >> Donate it to the curbside pickup. > > +1 > > > On 2020-07-03 11:58, Michael Stone wrote: > > For practical purposes, you'd be better off with a $35 raspberry PI. > > +1 > > > > On 2020-07-03 12:30, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > The ratio of power consumption to > > computing power is like with an old 100 W light bulb. > > +1
agreed with all those too. much easier to work with more memory and more recent processor/graphics. give it to the recycler and move on. i finally gave up a closet full of old hardware and a huge monitor that was taking up so much space on my desk that weighed about 70lbs. replaced it with a monitor i can pick up with two fingers and it consumes a lot less electricity. for the amount of electricity you burn using older tech you might pay for the newer technology in a few years just in electricity charges alone. i did reuse an old Dell PC case for this new hardware but that's about all i could use. songbird
