How can I get a free computer for school and emails?
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Go to http://www.craigslist.com\nOn the right side there are a bunch of cities listed. Find one near you. Put an ad in the "wanted" section or the "computer" section or look in the "free" section. People give away monitors all the time and computers sometimes too.
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your best bet would be to install open office which will be free of charge, and you dont have to worry about cost
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by technicality, you're not suppossed to unless it's part of an assignment given by your computer teacher.  most people don't listen.  just go to your school library (best time is during lunch) and log onto one of the computers there.  the schools don't have regular mail sites blocked, so you should have no problem logging on.
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Sorry dude, that's not possible.  Legal and free download of MS Office does not exist and it does not come with every computer any more.  You have to buy it.  The student/teacher edition is pretty cheap if you qualify.  I think you can get the whole thing for less than 200 bucks.\n\nYou can look around on www.pricegrabber.com for the best deal but I'm not sure all of the software sellers are legit.
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go to yahoo and sign up for free email
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You can use any of the free email clients such as \n\nhttp://mail.yahoo.com\nwww.gmail.com (you need to be invited for this)\nwww.hotpop.com\nwww.hotmail.com\nwww.mymail.com\nwww.postoffice.com
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you can try your local library. i'm not sure if stores like best buy or circuit city rents out computers.
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Try  free eassys for you on the web.
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Few suggestions. If it's mostly for schoolwork with no gaming planned on the machine, you could go with an Intel Celeron. If gaming is a possibility, go with a Pentium single/duo core.\n\nTry to stick with to processors at least 1.5 to 2 GHz.\nMake sure the Ram is at least 512 MB, anything less is a mistake. \n\nMost computers have good sized hard disk drives now and DVD writing capabilities.\n\nI would advise against e-machines, yes they are cheap, but the quality is just not there. They will last 1-3 years in most cases, but often less. Aim for a mid-range Dell, Compaq or HP. You can easily get a prett decent machine for anywhere between $500-$800. \n\nI'll leave some examples below. \n\nAlso, purchase some Anti-Virus and Anti-spy-ware software to better protect the machine. Especially with a younger adult using it! Good anti-virus: Trend Micro "PC-Cillin" and good anti-spyware: Webroot "Spysweeper".
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here is how i set up every computer for pretty much hassle free and safe  computing\n\nANTI VIRAL\n\nAVG (free) http://free.grisoft.com/\n\n\nFIREWALL \n\nZoneAlarm http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp\n\nWEB BROWSER - http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird\n\nEMAIL  use thunderbird. It has a good built in spam filter and learns when you teach it. http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird\n\nSPYWARE\n\n http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/\n\n http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html\n\npass on Norton, it's a resource pig, will cost you with yearly updates, and misses from time to time
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There are technology grants running around all over out there.  You should have someone at the central office who can help you research grants.  It takes work, and it would belong to the school, but it is one way.  You would have to show how the computer would benefit your students.  The other way to get a cheap one is ebay, but remember, you get what you pay for.
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www.pcworld.com has a lot of reviues and a place to sigm up for several free daily email news letters.i get 6 or so a day and learn some neet things.
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You shouldn't have a computer if you are asking this question...\n\n1) You need a printer\n2) You need a computer connected to that printer\n3) Open your email/file\n4) Go to FILE\n5) Go to PRINT\n6) Click OK
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If you get junk mail from department stores, check those out. I saw a laptop in a BigW catalogue for $1500. Acer with 512mb ram, 60gb hd. nice.
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You can set up a Yahoo or Hotmail account thst allows you to look at you email from any computer.\n\nIt's web based so you don't need to have the computer you are using set up with any account details.\n\nThey are usually free as well.
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Holidays and back to school.  Dude just build one yourself.  When you buy a computer from some hack company you mostly just pay for the name.  Look on the web, its pretty easy to do it yourself, better components for half the cost.
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For an example on how to get a free laptops, try the following link:\nhttp://laptops.freepay.com/?r=27988381\n\nThere are some websites that offer a free laptop if you fill out questionnaires and surveys, sign up for at least one offer, and make referrals.  Some examples of these offers are credit card applications, Netflix / Blockbuster movie rentals, magazine subscriptions, etc.  These offers are usually decent deals (but not the best if you search hard on the internet.)  As for referrals, you will need to get family and friends to sign up for the same free laptop deal.  For this reason, although these free laptop deals are legit as reported by media (including CNN, New York Times, NPR, etc), these deals are criticized by some for its aggressive marketing methods.  Others argue that this is simple an alternative payment method in which advertisers pay for the end-users/consumers.\n\nI encourage you to do more research on your own before heavily investing your time.  As mentioned earlier, it works and you will get a free laptop.  However, it also takes work and time.  This link should provide you with more unbiased information.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freepay\n\nAnd here is another way to get free laptops simply by getting a credit card called “Upfront Rewards Visa”.  Then you transfer a balance and maintain it for a period of time.\nhttp://www.myupfrontreward.com\n\nYou can also collect labels for Campbell's soup label program.\nhttp://www.labelsforeducation.com/default.aspx\n\nGood luck and have a nice day!