Dan, I never meant to suggest that you go out and buy op-system software for these donated machines. You're doing enough, certainly.

What I did mean to suggest is that some recepients will probably need help getting up and running, and it might take donations of time (not necesarily any money) on the part of tech-savvy individuals to walk someone through the basic setup that most of never have to think about, the preparation that is normally already done for machines ~ used ones as well as new ~ that have been purchased through any of the usual channels.