"Birddog" (maintmgt)
08/24/2015 at 18:36 • Filed to: None
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"Birddog" (maintmgt)
08/24/2015 at 18:36 • Filed to: None | 10
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I just had a bunch of Netbooks given to me.
Some are HP Mini 311 and some are Samsung N150s.
I’m resetting them 5 at a time to get ready for EBay.
I have about 80 right now with a few more coming.
If all goes right I’ll have enough play money for a new toy in the driveway before Snow flies!
Rainbow
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 18:38 |
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Holy crap. How on earth did you find someone to just give you those? And what’s the estimated sale price for each one? That’s ridiculously easy money right there, and I am super jealous.
Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 18:39 |
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...how...how did you get all those?
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 18:39 |
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Where does one even begin to find 80 netbooks?
wiffleballtony
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 18:42 |
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For some reason that car board box labeled as Memory Box is kind of sad.
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Birddog
> Rainbow
08/24/2015 at 18:45 |
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There was a little dumpster diving involved.
And then a lot of checking to make sure I wouldn’t be going to jail..
I have to research pricing. EBay is showing them anywhere for $100-$150 shipped. I’d have to price on appearance but only after making sure they all reset to factory.
blackchair
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 18:46 |
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Those HP mini BIOS’s can be flashed to allow overclocking. Had one that worked pretty well. The resolution wasn't dismal like other netbooks.
PS9
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 18:48 |
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So you’re saying you picked $8-$12k out of the garbage? And I’m about to go to work at 4 am like a fucking idiot...
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Birddog
> PS9
08/24/2015 at 18:53 |
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I was told to put them in the dumpster. Then I made sure it was OK to grab them back out.
Getting to work at 4am is a bitch but it has it’s high points.
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Birddog
> blackchair
08/24/2015 at 18:59 |
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I’m actually impressed with these little guys. I tried loading Ubuntu on one but it’s not going well.
Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 19:03 |
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Render farm.
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PS9
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 19:04 |
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Lots of Hours
Great pay
(AHAHAHAHAHAHAH)
Convenience
Close to home
Doing a job I love (AHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA)
Just tried to list the upsides. It didn’t work.
CaptDale - is secretly British
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 19:06 |
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Any oppo pricing?
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Birddog
> PS9
08/24/2015 at 19:10 |
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I’m in the same boat. The only real upside for me is unlimited OT.
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Birddog
> CaptDale - is secretly British
08/24/2015 at 19:14 |
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There will be. I want to go through each one first. Check the battery life, speed and look for any other hiccups. They’re not really useful if they have to be plugged in all the time.
DogonCrook
> CaptDale - is secretly British
08/24/2015 at 19:15 |
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Yeah I’m curious about this too, I need a cheap laptop, my ecu programmer doesn’t work with 8 or 10. I need something for car stuff, and barebones and small would fit the bill.
Mattbob
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 19:27 |
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gotta love corporate waste. We have an “e-waste” bin that is like a grab bag for spare computer parts.
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> DogonCrook
08/24/2015 at 19:33 |
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That’s pretty much what I was thinking.
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 19:37 |
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Awesome, please keep me updated.
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Birddog
> Mattbob
08/24/2015 at 19:38 |
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It’s bad and good. Mostly bad because of poor management.
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DogonCrook
> CaptDale - is secretly British
08/24/2015 at 19:39 |
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Same. As a workaround I’m booting 7 off a usb but I’m terrified I’m going to bump it and brick my ecu or my programmer.
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Mattbob
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 20:01 |
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my company just offloads tons of scrap for nothing, word has it, because there would be too much paperwork to decide which department the money would go to. Decent management, just too big to care about the small stuff.
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 20:01 |
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Birddog
> Mattbob
08/24/2015 at 20:09 |
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Yeah. They have to keep the total cost in mind. Re-selling or donating might pull too much from the projected budget. In the end that’s what it’s all about. Nobody wants a negative in their department.
and 100 more
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 20:31 |
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Same as CaptDale, I’m interested in getting one of those HPs. Please put me on the notification list.
Baeromez
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 20:52 |
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I’d love one if you end up doing any oppo deals. Keep us posted.
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 20:55 |
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And here I am with an HP Mini 210... but at least it has 2 GB of RAM and a 60 GB SSD!
TheRealBicycleBuck
> Birddog
08/24/2015 at 20:56 |
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Often it has more to do with tax law. If they are fully depreciated assets, selling them would change the residual value and screw up the books. It’s easier and cheaper to dump them than deal with the paperwork.
Our IT dept has stacks of 2-year old iPhones that came off contract....
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Birddog
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
08/24/2015 at 21:02 |
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Hmm. If I daisy chained all of these..
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Birddog
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/24/2015 at 21:09 |
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I’ve never been that deep in IT. I didn’t think of the Taxes associated.
I was lower middle management in “multi family housing” and we just dumped stuff so our budgets didn’t get cut. Which always happened anyway.
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Birddog
> Baeromez
08/24/2015 at 21:11 |
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I’ll post it.