19 Apr
2013
19 Apr
'13
1:55 p.m.
On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Jules Richardson wrote:
On 04/19/2013 03:08 AM, Tothwolf wrote:
It could very well be that Goodwill in some communities does things
differently. When I inquired awhile back as to why they no longer had
older computers, I was told that it was now their corporate policy that
anything that could not run Windows 7 was to be scrapped and disposed of.
When I asked about non-PCs, they said that those too were junked. They
also supposedly have an agreement with Microsoft that allows them to
install Windows 7, but not say Windows XP, 95, 3.1, etc (despite the fact
that many older PCs have a license sticker on them) and trying to deal
with returns and complains because something wouldn't run the latest
version of [software program/popular game] was "too much trouble".
On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Steven Landon wrote:
Hmm, I asked my local one a few weeks back about vintage stuff and it
sounded like they didn't have a policy in place at all (but they also
said that although they get old console cartridges in from time to time,
they don't ever remember anyone donating any kind of complete vintage
system, so perhaps it's something that's just never come up)
I have seen various other things for sale that someone could easily
mistake for being capable of something for which it isn't (e.g. a
Betamax video recorder a little while back), so I'm surprised that
there's a policy on computers when other things are left to the staff's
judgement. (Although I *can* imagine Goodwills in more tech-rich areas
getting flooded with ten year old PCs, say, and so they might benefit
from a "no computers" policy) These machines need to find homes ASAP before my
move,
otherwise they will be headed to goodwill
Of course we know Goodwill junks (scraps, dumpsters) the computers they
get that can't run Windows 7 or newer. That's their stated policy now
because they supposedly don't want people returning a computer and
bitching that it can't run the latest version of Windows.