[kwlug-disc] Laptop Revival Sessions?

[Paul Nijjar]

Here is the way they used to work: we would come in an refurbish
laptops that were donated to Computer Recycling. Then Charles would
make these laptops available for sale. It was not a "put in volunteer
hours and get a free laptop" thing. 

The last time we were doing this the best laptops were about Core 2
Duos. Maybe that is completely outdated now. 

To answer Bob's question: I still have access to the CR space for now. 
The main barriers have been (a) my availability and energy when I was
working, (b) a paucity of SATA drives (many of them mysteriously
disappeared, and nobody knows where), (c) Charles and his crew have
taken up some laptop refurbishment on their own and (d) there were
some laptop thefts, which caused some consternation in the shop.

I am not opposed to running events again, but it would probably be
during those warmer months. I will have to check in with Charles to
see what he thinks, though, and to see whether there are enough spare
SATA drives to actually run the event.

- Paul


On Sun, Apr 01, 2018 at 11:42:50PM +0000, Chamunks wrote:
> How do these revival sessions work for those of us who aren't enlightened
> I'm in the "market" for a laptop that I can use that isn't completely
> outdated but also not overpowered I just want something simple and wouldn't
> totally mind committing a few hours to the cause.
> 
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 6:54 PM Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
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> > Speaking of cheap laptops in another thread, will we be having any
> > more Laptop Revival Sessions, now that the logistics of access to
> > Computer Recycling are somewhat more complicated?
> >
> > It's the kind of thing I prefer to do in cold weather months, which
> > will soon be behind us.
> >
> > - --Bob.