In Reply to: Re Laptops posted by 135A Risa on Tuesday, 16. May 2006 at 22:51 Bali Time:
If you would like to donate a second hand computer to a sponsored child, a school, an orphanage or a friend then contact Siddiq, a local computer techie who keeps the computers of both locals and ex-pats running. Phone 08 123 803 444 (in Bali). Through his main work he has an up-to-date knowledge of what is available and where. Give him two or three days to check around and give you some options. He does not recommend used printers but through his contacts in the business he can pair a used computer with a new printer; he suggested a Canon S200SP or I25P for about Rp 400-500,000 in Feb '05.
Used desktop computers range up to about Rp1,000,000 depending on chip, memory and vintage. All up cost for a good system might therefore be Rp1,500,000 or Aus$225. That's probably better than you'll get in Oz and no excess freight to be added. Service of course would be provided locally in Bali at the best rates.
In '05 we got a nice little NEC Versa Pro laptop, 1999 model, Celeron 333MHz chip,128Mb RAM and 6Gb HDD, running Windows Me and loaded with Office Pro 2000 for Au$300 or Rp2,250,000. It left a nice young girl at the Negara orphanage gobsmacked and, however long it takes she will learn to use it a local will teach her for an additional Rp250,000 or Au$34. This knowledge she will pass on to others at the orphanage and make them feel far more comfortable with technology, perhaps for the rest of their lives.