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Have you ever wondered what other people do with their old computers? In the past they have often paid high prices for their old computers, but how much do you think these computers are worth now? Few people want to buy a computer which has become obsolete or has been replaced by a newer model. Unfortunately, the only thing they can do with a computer which they have had for five or six years is to throw it away with their other garbage! What do many people do when they try to sell their old computer? Foolishly, they take into account its original cost and then reduce the price according to the age of the computer — rather like a second-hand car. They forget that new computers are becoming cheaper every day, making old computers almost worthless. One well-known computer magazine recently compiled a list of ten things to do with an old computer. One suggestion was to donate it to charity or give it as one of the small prizes in a competition. The final suggestion was to store it in a safe place and hope that it would become a collector’s item in fifteen or twenty years.
    Whatever you decide to do with an old computer will not alter the fact that it will be useless as a piece of technology in several years. The world of computers is quickly changing and eventually all computers will not only be integrated with video telephones and run CD ROM disks but will also be able to perform a countless number of tasks which as yet we cannot even envisage.