5 (Humour) Uses for old computers

[retro gamer 1312]

5) Boat anchors - Old computers were often large, and heavy, great for anchoring a boat. Permanately.
4) Wrecking Ball - Same proporties of #1 make old computers good for destroying large buildings
3) Seating - Who needs chairs when you got 2 old towers, arrange in an L shape for best use, use padding for maximum comfort.
2) Paperweights - While a bit too large, they still work as paperweights. This also applies to old laptops, harddrives, ancient cellphones, bricked psps and pdas, as well as 1st generation iPods.

and the #1 use for old computers is...

1) Doorstop - Your door will never blow closed by the wind ever again!

[RedWolf]

4) Wrecking Ball - Same proporties of #1 make old computers good for destroying large buildings

I've got a behemoth Lanier word processor from 1978 with a huge cast-iron bottom that would make a great wrecking ball.  Great idea!

3) Seating - Who needs chairs when you got 2 old towers, arrange in an L shape for best use, use padding for maximum comfort.

Or how about a table?  You could put two tall towers a couple feet apart and put a wide pine board across the top of them.  Voila, instant table!

2) Paperweights - While a bit too large, they still work as paperweights. This also applies to old laptops, harddrives, ancient cellphones, bricked psps and pdas, as well as 1st generation iPods.

How ironic that the harbinger of the supposed "paperless office" would be used as a paperweight.

[retro gamer 1312]

Thats slightly disturbing.

I've got a behemoth Lanier word processor from 1978 with a huge cast-iron bottom that would make a great wrecking ball.  Great idea!

Hmm... Someday, I'll have to do that!

Or how about a table?  You could put two tall towers a couple feet apart and put a wide pine board across the top of them.  Voila, instant table!

Haha. I hate paperwork, because my fan/window/cat always messes them up. My PSP Works well as a paperweight, even though its not bricked.

How ironic that the harbinger of the supposed "paperless office" would be used as a paperweight.

[Xerone]

Lol, its a little confusing with your replies to the quotes above the quotes they are referring too. lol. Well... I do find it ironic, same as RedWolf said, that you are using the computers to hold paper when they were suppose to stop its use almost completely.

I got this old mac that broke (Sadly... Haven't played Lode Runner since...) that is pretty big. I'm not sure what model it is, I'll have to check or take a picture of it.

[retro gamer 1312]

Lol, its a little confusing with your replies to the quotes above the quotes they are referring too. lol. Well... I do find it ironic, same as RedWolf said, that you are using the computers to hold paper when they were suppose to stop its use almost completely.

I got this old mac that broke (Sadly... Haven't played Lode Runner since...) that is pretty big. I'm not sure what model it is, I'll have to check or take a picture of it.

Sorry, I'll stop putting my replys above the quotes.

[RedWolf]

I got this old mac that broke (Sadly... Haven't played Lode Runner since...) that is pretty big. I'm not sure what model it is, I'll have to check or take a picture of it.

Cool.  One of the bulkiest Macs I know is the Mac II.  Big ole horizonal desktop box.  There were some seriously big towers later, but the Mac II is one of the most unwieldly computers Apple ever made.

What's wrong with it?  Maybe we could help you fix it.

[Xerone]

I don't remember, something burned or melted or something another, I can't remember. Lol, I'll have to drag it up here and boot it up to see. It will start but you get an error message, if I remember correctly.