Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Charles Arthur

You decide: what should you do with that old computer?

pile of discarded computer monitors
Photograph: Bernard Bisson/Corbis Sygma

Hooray! You've drummed up the money to buy a new computer, and transferred all your files safely over to it. Done and dusted. The new machine is a delight - so much faster and quieter and smaller.

But now you've got an old computer. And it really is very old. What should you do with it? Give it to a charity such as Computeraid, for the developing world? Give it to your local school or parish council? Keep it in the house for tasks you haven't yet thought of (nobody in the family wants it, as it's too old)? Give it away to anyone who answers an advert?

What do you do?

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.