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Unofficial app reminds not to give up on your non-Windows 11-ready PC, also suggests Linux - Neowin (www.neowin.net)
submitted 11 months ago by fne8w2ah to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

Look for surplus sales, many large orgs (esp. universities) have them periodically throughout the year. I got a PC for $50 years ago, and it worked, it just wasn't modern.

I recommend at least upgrading the PSU though, since the ones that have tend to suck, and consider getting a new case as well since a standard PSU may not fit and they're certainly not big enough to hold a GPU.

[–] Dultas 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Some friend in college in the 00s got a 4 foot high stack of 3com hubs for like 10 bucks each from the university surplus.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Did they resell them? I can't think of any other reason to buy that many...

[–] Dultas 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, listed them on eBay if I recall. The also got a switch and a few other things.

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