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pigoo3

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southchatham said:
My windows pc had a little accident, oops!
YouTube - Piece of junk windows pc
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I enjoyed watching your video...it was very creative with the falling in "slow-mo"...and the different camera angles from above & below...and the little graphic insert towards the end.

I guess the part I didn't like so much is the destruction of the computer. It's very possible that someone out there without a computer (and cannot afford a computer) may have been been able to make some use of it.

Of course I don't know the computer specs to know how obsolete it may have been.

But I did like the video from the creative & entertainment points of view.:)

- Nick
 
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I'll bet it still works as good/bad as it did prior to the fall.

Pigoo's suggestion is a good one. I've given away almost all of my old computers to kids whose parents just couldn't afford any computer.

Of course, sometimes ya just gotta do what ya gotta do. :Evil:
 
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I gave almost that exact HP to a friend and his wife who are very poor. Mine was a P3 650 and is still working for them 3 years later. For what they do it's fine. It even does You Tube Videos quite smooth which sort of surprised me. Still very useable for their modest needs.

And Bob, this one was being carried to the car by it's previous owner and they tripped. It went BANG in the middle of the street. Still worked. Even the 40GB Hard Drive still works after 3 years!
 
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pigoo3 said:
I enjoyed watching your video...it was very creative with the falling in "slow-mo"...and the different camera angles from above & below...and the little graphic insert towards the end.

I guess the part I didn't like so much is the destruction of the computer. It's very possible that someone out there without a computer (and cannot afford a computer) may have been been able to make some use of it.

Of course I don't know the computer specs to know how obsolete it may have been.

But I did like the video from the creative & entertainment points of view.:)

- Nick
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I would have given it away if I could have. Its just way to obsolete and not working properly. I'm going to have to pay to bring it to the dump. It has not worked right for years. I used it for my son to play games and browse the internet. It took so much effort to keep it running. Poor people who need a computer need one that will work right. Last night I just had enough.

I filmed it by myself and had to throw a stick at it to get it to fall when filming from below. In real time that was a hard shot to take. Thats why I kind of missed it in the video.

I had the fleetwood mac song "you can go your own way" timed to it but youtube blocked the sound.
 
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Save the old HP - put linux on it :D

then give it away

nice video by he way
 
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Very dramatic with the slo mo ... Nice vid but i have to comment on what a gorgeous looking day its is there ........... Green with envy ...

Had rain and clouds for oh so long now... Can see why people get depression in winter .
 

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