I would look into FreeGeek. They take donated computers and strip them for a good parts and build good computers out of them. If you need a computer, you can vo

I would look into FreeGeek. They take donated computers and strip them for a good parts and build good computers out of them. If you need a computer, you can volunteer with them and they'll teach you how to build computers. After a certain number of hours you earn a computer. And now you know the basic of swapping out the various parts. I haven't been involved in a while, so I'm not sure what the process is for laptops, but I know they reuse those as well. https://www.freegeek.org/ https://www.freegeek.org/