• AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netEnglish
    28·
    7 days ago

    I love how affectionate this comic is. I’m really feeling for the old laptop, but I’m feeling the appreciation and understanding from the human

  • Caketaco@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    20·
    7 days ago

    Plug your old laptops into your living room TV, buy a wireless mouse/keyboard combo, and you’ve got the ultimate media machine that you have full control over. I always do this whenever I move.

    • wabasso@lemmy.caEnglish
      9·
      7 days ago

      I’ve thought about how any old pc would blow all those proprietary devices out of the water with their flexibility to play anything, any format, any source. And I’ve also thought I currently have too many old laptops. No idea how I didn’t put two and two together until your comment. Thank you!

    • kamen@lemmy.world
      2·
      6 days ago

      Yeah, but maybe remove the battery if the thing can run without it just on mains power. Leaving a battery plugged in (especially an old one) is not the best idea.

    • squaresinger@lemmy.world
      2·
      6 days ago

      I recently revived an old EEEPC 1005P. I put Antix Linux on it and it’s totally usable.

      Firefox needed some tweaks (specifically reducing the process count) to make it run somewhat decently. It still doesn’t do Youtube, but it works fine enough for programming in Kate, doing terminal stuff and other simple native apps. Electron apps are a bit of a pain on that thing.

      It’s a really nice little on-the-go device that I use to work on my hobby projects on the train when commuting to work. Super small, super light, 8h battery life.

    • 87Six@lemmy.zip
      3·
      6 days ago

      They’re not old, they’re veterans, and probably running fine

      Meanwhile I had 2 year old Segotep case fans start to rattle on startup

      • Loki@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        6 days ago

        It runs okay, but starts to rattle under load and at random times.

        I tried to get the fan replaced but couldn’t find a replacement, in local stores or second hand parts market. I looked at online retailers but they wouldn’t ship to my country. lol

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
    141·
    7 days ago

    What, why would a 10yo laptop struggle to play music? Or even a 20yo laptop, if the comic is a bit older already. Apart from the battery of course, but those take years to go tired, not decades.

    And with those RAM prices - I for one am happy with my 13yo laptop.

    • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org
      41·
      7 days ago

      My dual core thinkpad struggles hard with windows or youtube. Twitch is impossible on it even on linux mint. The biggest problem is no hardware decoding for modern codecs. The crappy dual core can’t handle the software decoding. I think it’s about 13 years old now.

  • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
    9·
    7 days ago

    Ten years? Up until recently I had a Core2Duo with 1GB RAM running Qobus in as a jukebox in the bedroom. But now he’s gone, off to a better place, where he can finally rest. By which I mean I upgraded to 4GB and installed at a relative’s house running Home Assistant.

    • limelight79@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 days ago

      I had a Core2Quad with 4GB of RAM as my home server until about 2 years ago. Home Assistant is what finally overloaded it. (I have a fairly large setup with a ton of integrations.)

      Upgraded the desktop, now the old desktop is the server. I think it’s already 10 years old.

  • vaionko@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    6 days ago

    10? I’m using a 14 year old laptop for school and it gets through it quite well, even the original battery still does 3 hours.

  • justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    4·
    6 days ago

    My laptop is over ten years and it’s still my main driver for work. I don’t see the issue, it’s not like I need suddenly other hardware if I do the same stuff.