• cattywampas@lemmy.world
    90·
    3 days ago

    “All I can really do anymore is browse the Internet and maybe stream some music.”

    “And that’s enough for me, old friend.”

    • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
      46·
      3 days ago

      It’s the opposite for me. Using a modern browser is a real struggle, but running old games, watching DVDs and listening to MP3s? As good as ever!

  • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netEnglish
    27·
    3 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

  • morto@piefed.socialEnglish
    611·
    3 days ago

    That comic must be 10 years old, because 10 years old laptops these days would be drawn ripped and making pushups

    • cRazi_man@europe.pub
      30·
      3 days ago

      10 years old would be 7th Gen Intel which is perfectly capable.

      For anyone else budget conscious: you can get excellent laptops by looking for an 8th gen Intel laptops in pristine condition on eBay for <£150. This will be perfect for daily use, web, office, etc. If you need gaming then get a used Steam Deck OLED. This is suitable computing for a huge number of people’s usecase.

    • squaresinger@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 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.

  • Caketaco@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    20·
    3 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·
      3 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·
      2 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.

    • 87Six@lemmy.zip
      3·
      2 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·
        2 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

  • vaionko@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    2 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.

    • Mongostein@lemmy.ca
      2·
      3 days ago

      I’ve got 3 Thinkpad 420s (nice) - released 2011ish - that I got for free last summer. They all run Linux Mint now. One runs Jellyfin, one runs Sonarr and Radarr, one runs Jackett and Transmission. Works great!

      This is an upgrade from the 2010 Dell, which was free from a friend with no working screen and missing 5 keys that I had running all of that.