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Building Refurbished Computers with Volunteers at InterConnection

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Peace Corp numerous times. We got to know Charles Brennick much better in the course of working together on a Microsoft IT equipment donation to NGOs in Romania a couple of years ago. InterConnection now supplies RCI with warrantied laptops and desktop computers that go to nonprofits and libraries in the United States.

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Good Ram Gone Bad On My Dell Desktop: OMG

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I'm presenting and doing a workshop in Romania and then will be flying back to Boston via Miami to present at the Technology Affinity Group (Foundation IT folks) Conference. For catastrophic hardware issues, I have my back up computer - my laptop and I can plug my desktop keyboard, modem, and monitor) and viola I'm up and running.

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TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative: You’ve Come A Long Way Baby

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At the time, we had a very limited selection of offers, comprised only of desktops and laptops, most of which had Pentium III processors (you get the idea). They’re urging everyone to donate their discarded laptops to InterConnection as part of this work. to scale up RCI in California.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. Microsoft's new Surface Pro is an example of this type of new type of device.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

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It's time to catch up on some of the nonprofit technology trends and news once again. They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps.

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