It is certainly not rare that I hear of people who are trying to figure out what to do with extra computer equipment. Generally though it needs more work/parts than I have time for or access to before it could be useful to another person. Implementing a FreeGeek system here in Cambridge though has the potential to solve those problems and meet a real need in our community. ::cue nostalgia:: Oh, how I miss those by-gone geeked-out overnights building my own computers, up to my elbows in NICs, RAM and Math co-processors. ...They still use those, right?

Anyway, I certainly see the challenges, but I think we're in the right type of community for this sort of initiative. Definitely worth taking a deeper look!!