Comments on: What Percent Of Computers Recycled Still Work?

By: moparnut

moparnut — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:49:53 +0000

5% believe me it’s true it’s d*mb true

By: scrappyd

scrappyd — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:18:22 +0000

I have found that 85% can be repaired or refurbished

By: thanatos

thanatos — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:03:05 +0000

I would say 99 percent of them still work fine.
How ever as to practical usage many in that percentage are unusable.
If ones needs were only very basic all could be reused.
Unfortunately bigger and faster needs outdated them.(downloads) and more compiled operating systems.
I think for now, the computer waste will slow for a time because the computers of now have caught up with the average users need for storage and speed. (later P3’s and P4’s)
Signed
A computer scrapper

By: mikedddd

mikedddd — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:31:55 +0000

i’d guess that 50% or more can be salvaged.
however, it’s extremely difficult to find an operating system that will run very well (ie not be slower than a nematode) on older, slower, machines.
i would think that there should be a market for an operating system that has less function, and uses fewer cpu cycles.
unfortunately, such a system may well not be profitable.
a) because people will simply copy it and not pay, or
b) because people will not find the lack of much of the current function acceptable.

By: linlyons

linlyons — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:08:12 +0000

100% can be refurbished and resold.
Even non-working computers of an older variety can be easily repaired.
I have even put Windows XP on a pentium 233 with 64mb of ram and a 2gb HD. The person was older and only wanted email and light web surfing. They had never had a computer before and had no computer skills, they just wanted to be able to keep upto date with their children and grand children.
Not everybody needs a quad core proccessor and multi GB of memory with a huge HD.