I found the kind of dumpster I think you're describing, I thought I was going to get lucky but it was all pre-2005 desktops
That's it? I saw a dude who got a DJI Mavic 2 (I think) from the return item that no one bothered to collect from Amazon, for free.
I like the cheap market for old thinkpads on ebay, sucks about your financial situation.
When I worked appartment buildings, people would just throw laptops out and I got a lot from there, DBAN'ing the hard drive obviously. I got a Latitude D430 from the trash, which when it was new at that spec (maxed out but for a 60gb hard drive) was a $2200 dollar machine.
yeah OP check out ebay or craigslist/facebook marketplace for your area. Used computers are great, don't worry about them being officially refurbished or whatever.
I'm still clinging on top my 14 inch Think Pad T series at work. Whenever I decide to replace it, I'll magically have found one on the side of the road.
My thinkpad came from a dumpster
What make and model?
...do they do anything with the hard drive first?
Parts-Only listings on eBay are M.2 NVME devices, without Shitdows pre-installed, so that makes the devices quite a bit cheaper. I'd not be lying if I saw one on eBay for 60$. Plus the exorbitant shipping cost at 120$, but that's still okay.
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