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My good deed for the day/week
If you search on YouTube for maladamedialabs you'll find my channel. It's mostly me rescuing and resurrecting old computers. I'm a tiny channel. I don't post regularly or often, just when I've finished with a project that I've taken the time to video.
However, I got a request for help from the comments on one of my older videos. I had cleaned and resurrected an old Sony Vaio and posted my results. The machine is very old and weirdly built. The request was from someone trying to replace the CD drive for their uncle and hadn't a clue how to open up the box.
I still had the machine and quickly lashed up a 2 minute video on how to disassemble the Vaio and remove the CD drives. They were surprised and happy that I'd made a video just for them. I cut a lot of corners to get it done but I'm pleased to have helped out. It's really why I started documenting my trash bin computer rescues - to share my knowledge and save a few machines from going to waste.
However, I got a request for help from the comments on one of my older videos. I had cleaned and resurrected an old Sony Vaio and posted my results. The machine is very old and weirdly built. The request was from someone trying to replace the CD drive for their uncle and hadn't a clue how to open up the box.
I still had the machine and quickly lashed up a 2 minute video on how to disassemble the Vaio and remove the CD drives. They were surprised and happy that I'd made a video just for them. I cut a lot of corners to get it done but I'm pleased to have helped out. It's really why I started documenting my trash bin computer rescues - to share my knowledge and save a few machines from going to waste.
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If you don't mind doing a little work, picking up an Ebay special - an older desktop like a Dell 990 or something in the XPS series - can give you a good start. Some even come complete with RAM, CPU and hard drive. Pop in an SSD and you're good to go. If you want to do any kind of gaming get the full sized system so you can fit a graphics card into it.
As for meeting IRL - possible. I've built or fixed several systems for people over the years, usually for cheap or free.
If we have met... hello again! And welcome to the Zoo Crew.