What to do with old Laptops?

honest1

Adept

Hi,
I have 3-4 laptop at home and equal number of them in my office as well. These are old laptop with some issue or another. Some are in working condition and some are dead. I am really not sure what to do with these!
Can you guys tell what you do with old laptops and if there is any value in it?

 

ankushv

Adept

Core 2 duo or dual core ... Not much use for f more than 5 years old . If. I3 or I 5 upto 8 to 10 years back then can support win 11 unofficially and if Ram can be upgraded to 8 gb and SSD added . If Linux to be installed then the same can be done and will work with SSD and 4gb ram .

 

ssslayer

Adept

I am still using my laptops from 2010 era.
All office applications run fine on them, in fact I can also play games from previous era.
And then previously I was using them as media server.

If nothing else then you can donate to institutions like orphanage etc - where they surely will have ideas to put the computers to use.

 

ibose

Skilled

If they are working or if you can get them repaired, then many NGOs need functional laptops -

Share At Door Step - Donate old Laptop at your doorstep!

Schedule a donation pickup. Donate reusable clothes, shoes, toys, stationery, furniture, electronics to trusted NGOs. Easy, transparent, hassle-free service to give away old items.

sadsindia.org

 

honest1

Adept

ibose said:

If they are working or if you can get them repaired, then many NGOs need functional laptops -

Share At Door Step - Donate old Laptop at your doorstep!

Schedule a donation pickup. Donate reusable clothes, shoes, toys, stationery, furniture, electronics to trusted NGOs. Easy, transparent, hassle-free service to give away old items.

sadsindia.org

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I am happy to donate but would like to avoid the hassle of getting them repaired. Dont have bandwidth to do that and due to this aspect only, the laptops are lying idle.