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Chủ Nhật, 24 tháng 4, 2011

Some Important Guidelines For Computer Rentals - Basic Details

By Adrianna Noton


Computer, like all things electronic, have a short life cycle. But because of the nature of these specialized machines, they tend to be expensive. It is not always advantageous to buy a new unit. As an example, a person on a business trip might need a machine for a few hours or days. Some people like to try out their options before making a purchase. In both of these situations it may be best to look into computer rentals.

Sometimes when a company has a peek period of activity, hiring temporary workers to fill their need, they rent an additional quantity of these devices. That way the additional workers can have access to necessary programs and applications.

A number of companies offer these units for rent to those who may be in need of a temporary solution. Most will deliver the unit within a day's time. A few of the companies will even set the system up and get it running free of charge.

Those who decide to rent rather than purchase are helping to reduce the need for new machines. This helps in the reduction of the number of machines in existence. This in turn leads to few machines heading into the cycle chain. An unfortunate part of this cycle usually sees many units being shipped to countries with lower environmental standards. Usually located in third world countries, these salvage companies will typically dispose of old units by sending them to the landfill. Here ground water and soil can be contaminated by the hazardous and toxic materials that are found inside of these machines.

Most machines now hold personal data of some kind or another. When these machines are disposed of, security leaks are possible, with the resultant threat of identity theft. So, when an old unit is disposed of, extra caution must be taken to ensure that all data is destroyed. This is usually done by triple formatting of drives.

Some of today's computer manufactures have units dedicating to recycling units, building refurbished machines from old parts. These companies have trade in programs where a discount is given on a new unit in exchange for an old machine. Any working parts are taken from these machines to build the refurbished machines.

When the machines are beyond salvage, they are shipped to firms specializing in recycling of electronic equipment. Many of these firms are also certified electronic data destruction companies. The machines are broken down into their base materials, whether plastic or metal. Hard drives are shredded during this stage of recycling. The metal and plastic is then melted down to be reused in other applications. Sometimes the precious metal of gold can be extracted from the central processing unit, but this is usually cost prohibited. That is because there is so little gold that it more expensive to recover the gold than the gold is worth.

One of the ways to fight the problem of sending to many old parts to the landfill is that of computer rentals. This sharing of these machines helps by reducing the demand for new machines. With a surplus of old machines, many are sent to countries with lax environmental laws where they are usually dumped into the landfill.




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