Friend is moving. Found a bunch of laptops from early/mid 90s.

[tortillasoup]

Those are all collectible laptops. They're not worth much now but in about 10 years, they'll be worth a lot more. Remember folks, 10 years ago you could get an 80s porsche 911 for around $5k. now they're like $15k+ cars.


When you decide whether to recycle a computer or not, don't think about yourself, but think about others who may in the future be interested in this stuff. Laptops were only invented in the late 80s, so it's some of the first gen laptops made.

 

[mrjminer]

Those are all collectible laptops. They're not worth much now but in about 10 years, they'll be worth a lot more. Remember folks, 10 years ago you could get an 80s porsche 911 for around $5k. now they're like $15k+ cars.


When you decide whether to recycle a computer or not, don't think about yourself, but think about others who may in the future be interested in this stuff. Laptops were only invented in the late 80s, so it's some of the first gen laptops made.

The difference between a car and a laptop is that the car will still be able to perform its primary function similarly to every other car. In 10 years, people aren't going to be firing up a then 30 year old laptop because it is a "classic." By your logic, I should hang on to this 2gb flash drive and pass it down for thousands of generations because one day someone will surely want it because it's a 2gb flash drive, and 2gb flash drives haven't been around that long, relatively.

Nobody will ever want this laptop. Not anyone sane, at least.

 

[88keys]

The difference between a car and a laptop is that the car will still be able to perform its primary function similarly to every other car. In 10 years, people aren't going to be firing up a then 30 year old laptop because it is a "classic." By your logic, I should hang on to this 2gb flash drive and pass it down for thousands of generations because one day someone will surely want it because it's a 2gb flash drive, and 2gb flash drives haven't been around that long, relatively.

Nobody will ever want this laptop. Not anyone sane, at least.

Why don't you look up what some vintage computers are selling for these days.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Com...g-Condition-/251943922132?hash=item3aa90729d4

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-II-Se...48kb-of-RAM-/171838685065?hash=item2802623f89


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Numerex-int...uter-system-/161780737330?hash=item25aae22532

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RESTORED-Vi...ac-UPGRADED-/281738676919?hash=item4198ef0ab7

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hewlett-Packard-Model-207-Luggable-Computer-Antique/271948450178?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29979%26meid%3D128d867dde924e50adc0373e9e2c8cd1%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D121716377974

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-6...4-1982-REVA-/321838129607?hash=item4aef0c21c7

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-A...deo-Toaster-/252031715787?hash=item3aae42c9cb

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMMODORE-C286-LT-portable-laptop-/281779928272?hash=item419b647cd0

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-Personal-Computer-Model-5155-/271962377264?hash=item3f52388c30

Granted systems need to be complete and in good condition to fetch high prices but alot of these are around the price of a new PC.


Vintage electronics has been a thing for a long time and it's just now starting to make it's way into computers and video games. The Original NES is now approaching the price it originally sold for when it was new and factory sealed NES games sell for well over $1,000 now.

 

[mrjminer]

Why don't you look up what some vintage computers are selling for these days.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Com...g-Condition-/251943922132?hash=item3aa90729d4

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-II-Se...48kb-of-RAM-/171838685065?hash=item2802623f89


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Numerex-int...uter-system-/161780737330?hash=item25aae22532

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RESTORED-Vi...ac-UPGRADED-/281738676919?hash=item4198ef0ab7

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hewlett-Packard-Model-207-Luggable-Computer-Antique/271948450178?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29979%26meid%3D128d867dde924e50adc0373e9e2c8cd1%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D121716377974

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-6...4-1982-REVA-/321838129607?hash=item4aef0c21c7

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-A...deo-Toaster-/252031715787?hash=item3aae42c9cb

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMMODORE-C286-LT-portable-laptop-/281779928272?hash=item419b647cd0

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-Personal-Computer-Model-5155-/271962377264?hash=item3f52388c30

Granted systems need to be complete and in good condition to fetch high prices but alot of these are around the price of a new PC.


Vintage electronics has been a thing for a long time and it's just now starting to make it's way into computers and video games. The Original NES is now approaching the price it originally sold for when it was new and factory sealed NES games sell for well over $1,000 now.

1. They are not actually sold. I could put a 2gb USB drive on ebay for $10,000.
2. Most of them aren't laptops.
3. Some of them are rare, early-gen computers produced by the companies.
4. Some of them were extremely expensive when they came out.

None of those systems are remotely close to the average, piece of shit late 90's laptop like the one in question.

The system is trash, it will always be trash, and it belongs in the trash. Rather, it should be recycled.

 

[GoodEnough]

Or you could be like this lying fuck and put that it is an "antique" from "1969" and try to sell it for $250. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Compaq-LTE-5280-Antique-Laptop-1969-/171900996439?hash=item2806190b57

It says 1996.

 

[GoodEnough]

88Keys, Thanks for posting those links. That was some cool 80s tech.

 

[mrjminer]

It says 1996.

It does now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...tem=171900996439&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2569

88Keys, Thanks for posting those links. That was some cool 80s tech.

There's some 70's in there, too

 

[GoodEnough]

I agree that the novelty of 70s/80s tech is very different than 90s tech.
The flip side is that the former probably has 5% of the reach that the ubiq. 90s laptops did.

 

[John Connor]

Thanks, I told him there is no market for this stuff.
They seem to sell for $40 to $80 on Ebay, but that's a lot of work for $40.

It's not a lot of work if you give the money to charity.

Ebay has a charity option.

 

[John Connor]

10% to Ebay.
5% to PayPal.
$10 to ship.

Buyer pays shipping.

 

[John Connor]

A computer does not age like a fine wine.

Donate them to good will.

Goodwill is just a corporate garage sale. I use to work for Goodwill and I threw away so much shit. Got two PSx's for free that I hid behind the dumpster they had me throw out. Go to Habitat for Humanity.

 

[Raduque]

True, but I bet that they break frequently and finding spare parts for a 30 year old computer has to be a bitch.

Just fix it in post.

 

[Nograts]

Extract the precious metal

Don't forget to run recuva for nudes of his ex girlfriends before you do that.