What do you do with all those past Discs 1

[toycept]

Being on subscription service every year I receive the new yearly release of SW.
So, probably like everyone else, I've got quite a stack of these discs from the previous
year's releases. I'm wondering what do others do with these. Just keep them around.
Toss em??

 

[JMirisola]

I like to sharpen the edges and throw them at people.

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[ctopher]

I like Jeff's idea.
I still have mine from a few years back.

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[handleman]

For a long time we had about six or eight standalone seats. I was pretty much the SW admin, so every year I had that many sets of discs mailed to me. I just made an admin image and threw the rest away. One year there was a little pad of SW graph paper included with the discs. That got more use than the discs!

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)

 

[DiegoLGraves]

Put them in the company software vault and forget about them. If you have a customer using a previous version it's nice to have around, at least for versions still able to install.

 

[gwubs]

Snap 'em in half and bin them. Interesting how some CD's / DVD's only bend, and some shatter. I always count on shatter just in case. Happy new year everyone!

 

[looslib]

Not using Solidworks, but Pro/Engineer with Windchill. Until PTC put the Pro/E images on DVDs, it was 5 CDs for each new build released. Windchill can be 8-14 CD/DVDs per release.

I use gwubs method of destroying them before they go in the trash.

I once had some guy offer to sell me a set of CDs that he had pulled from the trash for another CAD package. I kept telling him that they were useless and he had no legal right to sell them. He insisted that he could sell anything he found. He wasn't offering licenses, just the CD images. What a loser! Since then, I break them before trashing them.

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Ben Loosli

 

[TateJ]

Bolt them to a router and spin them till they explode... wear safety glasses... and maybe chain maille.

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[ctopher]

I don't know TateJ. SolidWorks discs are known to never fail.


Chris
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[MiketheEngineer]

Save them - somewhere. You never know if and or when you might need them. I have discs that are over 20 years old.

 

[TateJ]

Send them to Mike... I hear he has a collection that spans 20 years..!

Jack L Tate - Xtreme Tower Products - SolidWorks 2013 - Windows 7 - Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000 - SpaceNavigator - Slacker Radio - Swingline Stapler - [COLOR=red yellow]C₈H₁₀N₄O₂[/color] - Rental Bowling Shoes - Titanuim Spork - And that's all I need!

 

[mjcole]

If they are in mint condition you may be able to sell them on eBay as long as you don't give out the Serial Number. Or you can send them to me and I'll put em in a MCAD Museum if I start one of those up.
I usually copy them to HardDisk and Break em. They help reduce/let out stress when solidworks crashes on you

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