Comments on: At least they weren’t Dells

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:25:36 +0000

I’m surprised that the school district was allowed to sell the computers, at all. Our school district has been ridding our district of all mac computers and got around to our school, last summer. I rallied to get these computers sold or given to needy students, as they were all working computers. But, because of state environmental laws and the chance that someday, these computers could end up in the landfill and tracked back to the schools–the school district paid $25 per computer to have them recycled. Otherwise, the district could have been facing a massive fine per computer for every one that ended up in the landfill.

By: kat

kat — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:00:04 +0000

They’ll end up on ebay for a nifty profit for some lucky buyers. Wonder if you could only buy one or a dozen? Could make a real profit.

By: von

von — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 02:54:09 +0000

They probably didn’t really know any better until people started breaking body parts to get them. I’ve seen it happen lots of times. People replace computers with newer ones. They have no idea what to do with the old ones. I’ve gotten countless free computers this way…

By: PXLated

PXLated — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 01:30:44 +0000

Aren’t school systems always crying for more money? Why in the world were they selling these things so cheap, they had to be worth more than $50.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:53:36 +0000

To the prior poster… A most unfortunate decision.

By: Joost Schuur

Joost Schuur — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:25:44 +0000

Actually, the sale was due to the school district switching to Dell as their laptop provider.