Post #737801
2026-03-02 21:22 UTC
PSA
To whomever this may concern and to get you a break from the international news:
Your daily driver Windows computer is not obsolete after October 13th 2026. And above all it is NOT E-waste.
Your Apple computer is not E-waste if Tim Cook says so.
Chances are that even the beige DELL tower from 2003, which is currently holding the barn door open, is not obsolete.
And if you have an old/broken computer: please sell or donate it. If nothing else, someone can learn to solder working on it.
Contact your local IT nerd for further questions. The one with an Atari or Amiga T-shirt. Someone you know will know one.
You can also contact IT nerds here in the fediverse. Almost all of us are here.
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Replies (5)
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@Rick_d_card@mastodon.social 2026-03-02 22:12
@mastosalo What I do with old computers is install Linux on them and give them away. Folks are hesitant because they only know windows so I start it up and show them. They're generally amazed.
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@Ultraverified@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-03-03 02:50
@mastosalo Perhaps wipe the 'operating system' and install Linux
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@jonschwenn@hachyderm.io 2026-03-03 05:00
@mastosalo the “if Tim Cook says so.” Made me think of “Unpretty” by TLC which is fitting.
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@TerrorBite@meow.social 2026-03-03 08:33
@mastosalo I really gotta fix my old Dell box, it's got the capacitor plague.
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@Janet_52square@sunny.garden 2026-03-03 13:27
@mastosalo Still watching all our TV on our 2003 Dell tower btw… and it has a DVD drive! (They are strange plastic discs carrying data 🤯).