I know, but it just felt weird, that's all.
And being realistic about it, it was really the only choice I had.
Thing is, I have trouble doing it to PCs as well. If the machine is in working order, I'd prefer to keep it that way. I have about four or five PCs, two I keep for testing of PC keayboards and mice I get given or rescue, but the others, I can't throw them away because they still work, they might be old, and limited, but surely they have some use.
Frinstance I've got a weird-looking HP 'Multimedia' Pc, i say weird because it's tower case reminds me of a rocket, it's a 200MHz PentiumPro, right at the low end of useful, but it's got USB ports, which means one can plug modern devices into it. When I saved it from hard rubbish, the CD-ROM was cactus, but other than that the machine runs. There's bugger all RAM in it, 32MB I think and it's running Win95, it's a stock config. just like the big sticker on the front says, but with a bit of TLC this machine at the very least is a word processor, and probably good for little else, but I can't bring myself to strip it for parts, even though I'd like to reclaim the shelf space. And I don't want to give it away for it to be used briefly and then tossed because it's old, that'd be a waste. If I could find a good home for it, great, but if not, I'd rather hold onto it. In a perfect world, I'd only ever toss out the broken parts, but…it's not, so I have to make sacrifices. I do hold out a somewhat forlorn hope that a particular opportunity will present itself, but I doubt it'll ever happen, and I have next to no knowledge of programming or network protocols to make it happen myself, sorry, ignore that, it's what happens when one reads any Willaim Gibson Novel and then plays too much Oni.
And being realistic about it, it was really the only choice I had.
Thing is, I have trouble doing it to PCs as well. If the machine is in working order, I'd prefer to keep it that way. I have about four or five PCs, two I keep for testing of PC keayboards and mice I get given or rescue, but the others, I can't throw them away because they still work, they might be old, and limited, but surely they have some use.
Frinstance I've got a weird-looking HP 'Multimedia' Pc, i say weird because it's tower case reminds me of a rocket, it's a 200MHz PentiumPro, right at the low end of useful, but it's got USB ports, which means one can plug modern devices into it. When I saved it from hard rubbish, the CD-ROM was cactus, but other than that the machine runs. There's bugger all RAM in it, 32MB I think and it's running Win95, it's a stock config. just like the big sticker on the front says, but with a bit of TLC this machine at the very least is a word processor, and probably good for little else, but I can't bring myself to strip it for parts, even though I'd like to reclaim the shelf space. And I don't want to give it away for it to be used briefly and then tossed because it's old, that'd be a waste. If I could find a good home for it, great, but if not, I'd rather hold onto it. In a perfect world, I'd only ever toss out the broken parts, but…it's not, so I have to make sacrifices. I do hold out a somewhat forlorn hope that a particular opportunity will present itself, but I doubt it'll ever happen, and I have next to no knowledge of programming or network protocols to make it happen myself, sorry, ignore that, it's what happens when one reads any Willaim Gibson Novel and then plays too much Oni.