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Ask work to pay for (or at least subsidize) a computer for you. Even if they say no.. well, they'll have said no. You're no worse off than you were, and they sh

by orib 18y ago

Ask work to pay for (or at least subsidize) a computer for you. Even if they say no.. well, they'll have said no. You're no worse off than you were, and they should theoretically be paying for everything you need to get your work done.

mroman 18y ago
I second this suggestion.
- kajecounterhack 18y ago
  hmm my boss might let me use his computer (its like a 4-man web design team) but I dont see him buying me one -.^ though I will ask, can't hurt. thanks for the suggestion.
  - orib 18y ago
    Another good option is to ask around schools or businesses for computers that they're going to throw out. You won't get a blazingly fast quad-core machine out of this, but there's a good chance you can get something usable, or at least get the parts to put together something that will work. I've actually managed to get a couple of 1 GhZ machines with 512 RAM out of this sort of thing. Sufficient for work, but not amazing. (I use them for testing some hardware hacking I do occasionally, or for messing around with obscure OS stuff.) It's not a laptop, but desktop machines are relatively easy to get on the cheap (or free) these days. Good luck, and happy dumpster diving.
    - kajecounterhack 18y ago
      Thanks so much! I didnt realize how much I collected until I looked at my jar again now. Some really nice guy donated $500. (to put it in perspective, I only had $30 or so before he donated). Thats enough to get an okay laptop for work/coding, so thats it. $530 bucks it is. Small problem being I have to buy from amazon.com...didnt realize that till now...guess I'll figure it out somehow I'll keep the dumpster driving tip though, never know when I'll need to do that in the future.... 0.0 Thanks to everyone that helped and made this possible for me.
      - mroman 18y ago
        Hey right on, congrats. Try newegg.com - I have seen decent everex laptops there.

by orib 18y ago

mroman 18y ago

I second this suggestion.

kajecounterhack 18y ago
hmm my boss might let me use his computer (its like a 4-man web design team) but I dont see him buying me one -.^ though I will ask, can't hurt. thanks for the suggestion.
- orib 18y ago
  Another good option is to ask around schools or businesses for computers that they're going to throw out. You won't get a blazingly fast quad-core machine out of this, but there's a good chance you can get something usable, or at least get the parts to put together something that will work. I've actually managed to get a couple of 1 GhZ machines with 512 RAM out of this sort of thing. Sufficient for work, but not amazing. (I use them for testing some hardware hacking I do occasionally, or for messing around with obscure OS stuff.) It's not a laptop, but desktop machines are relatively easy to get on the cheap (or free) these days. Good luck, and happy dumpster diving.
  - kajecounterhack 18y ago
    Thanks so much! I didnt realize how much I collected until I looked at my jar again now. Some really nice guy donated $500. (to put it in perspective, I only had $30 or so before he donated). Thats enough to get an okay laptop for work/coding, so thats it. $530 bucks it is. Small problem being I have to buy from amazon.com...didnt realize that till now...guess I'll figure it out somehow I'll keep the dumpster driving tip though, never know when I'll need to do that in the future.... 0.0 Thanks to everyone that helped and made this possible for me.
    - mroman 18y ago
      Hey right on, congrats. Try newegg.com - I have seen decent everex laptops there.