Receiving an old free PC, any ideas what to do with it?

[Shain Taylor]

In a day or two I'm receiving a free PC to mess about with. At the moment I have no idea what specifications it has, we will find out in a few days Do you guys have any cool ideas what to do with it after I've cleaned it out and re-installed windows?

 

[USAFRet]

Depends completely on the specs. But I've taken such a machine and used (still using) it as a border protection Linux firewall box.

 

[Max_x2]

Like USAFRet said, it really depends on the specs. You could convert it to act like a NAS for, let's say, stream movies to a set-top box, your smartphones, PS3 etc. I believe the specs don't have to be that good to do so

 

[Shain Taylor]

Like USAFRet said, it really depends on the specs. You could convert it to act like a NAS for, let's say, stream movies to a set-top box, your smartphones, PS3 etc. I believe the specs don't have to be that good to do so

Ah, thanks for the suggestions! I like the idea of the second one.. I was also thinking of using it as a virtual machine to mess around on it and stuff.. Maybe both? This is gonna be my mess around PC that I'll do risky stuff too haha

 

[USAFRet]

As a platform for hosting VM, sure. IF there is enough RAM.

See what the specs are, then do whatever fits.

 

[Shain Taylor]

As a platform for hosting VM, sure. IF there is enough RAM.

See what the specs are, then do whatever fits.

Thankyou for the help

 

[smeezekitty]

Install Linux - certain distros run pretty well on old HW.

 

[Shain Taylor]

Install Linux - certain distros run pretty well on old HW.

I may do