Journal #5792

Posted 15 years ago2009-05-13 19:50:55 UTC
Just found a comp in the trash, turns out to be a L500cx

It's got about 500 mhz processer, 320 mbs of ram, a onboard video card that seems to be pretty powerful, and a 10 gig hd.

Oh and it also has windoze xp on it (kinda chokes with only 320 mbs ram :S)

I don't plan on doing it for "serious gaming", just a comp to play counter-strike in my room at night, and it seems to be doing a pretty good job of it.

It also came with a microsoft mouse identical to the one i am using right now, and 2 speakers.

Who would throw out something like that, it works perfectly, and it also has a cd burner\writer in it.

10 Comments

Commented 15 years ago2009-05-13 20:26:18 UTC Comment #61405
bin raider.
Commented 15 years ago2009-05-13 21:16:16 UTC Comment #61403
How exactly did you find this computer?
Commented 15 years ago2009-05-13 22:23:00 UTC Comment #61409
Probably spring cleanup or something, it was outside where the garbage is, somebody must've threw it out.
Commented 15 years ago2009-05-13 22:49:00 UTC Comment #61406
320 MB should be plenty to run XP on, if you just do a clean install. You could also run Win2k which would be very fast.

I work on computers like this one every day at school. We clean them all up with new OS's and free apps and send 'em out to poor families. All the old W2k machines have 256MB of RAM, and they run plenty fast.

If you don't have your own computer already, good for you I guess. Me, I have two computers in my room alone, but it's kinda pointless since I just end up using my main one all the time.
Commented 15 years ago2009-05-13 23:57:43 UTC Comment #61410
Well, the main computer is downstairs, and my room is upstairs, so i can't really use it at nighttime, and at night there isn't much to do (not really a book reader meh) what with dtv shutting down all my channels (>:( ) and only having about 2-3 games for my consoles (gamecube, playstation, and n64)

I'd watch dvds all night on my dvd player, but there really isn't any dvd's that we haven't watched a gazillion times :S
Commented 15 years ago2009-05-14 08:58:52 UTC Comment #61407
Isnt going through peoples rubbish a serious crime?
Commented 15 years ago2009-05-14 09:09:48 UTC Comment #61404
Only if you're a communist. Yahoooo ;O ZOING

I think I might see what I can find in peoples garbage.
Commented 15 years ago2009-05-14 14:13:13 UTC Comment #61411
The whole complex shares a garbage, and it's not a tiny little bin either, it's a couple of those big metal bins (donno what they are called :S)

They are those bins that have the two holes on the sides, the garbage trucks pick them up with 2 rods.
Commented 15 years ago2009-05-14 16:01:35 UTC Comment #61408
So you were taking out the trash and you saw it? Lucky break.
'it's a couple of those big metal bins (donno what they are called :S)' Dumpster.
Commented 15 years ago2009-05-14 16:08:43 UTC Comment #61412
Yes, thanks, i occasionally forget words that are necessary to describe something :S

And i wasn't actually taking out the trash really, people throw a lot of good stuff out, my dad found a couple of lamps and some tv's ect ect, but nothing like this.

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