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7 things you can do with your old Windows 10 PC instead of trading it in (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] 11 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Linux is the way to go if you want to get a few more years out of your hardware.

Not Windows, but I got an almost new laptop out of a MacBook by putting Mint on it (and $15 of more RAM). Its biggest drawback is how much heavier it is than anything new. My next target is jailbreaking an old Chromebook I have.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Just did the same thing with a 2015 Intel MacBook Pro. It runs great, had some issues with screen flickering but I think it was only happening while using Remmina for RDP and it seems to have gone away by excluding Remmina from display scaling (retina display). So far pretty good battery life too...

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Which model MacBook please? I need a new project as my old Lenovo Ideapad is dying. And I might still be able to use Snow Leopard.

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