And of course I'm installing Linux on it. Install went well, even the fingerprint sensor built in to the laptop works.

Mostly this will be a school and DND machine but always nice to have a functional laptop for whatever else I may need it for.

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

And by outdated, like 2015. Old E7440s or even older work great with added memory. New battery and you have a nice laptop out of the e waste pile. The only weak spot are drives, SSDs are expensive so to stay cheap you might have to use old spinny in there.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    More like 2005

    Pentium m laptops are almost useable. The biggest issue is the lack of 32 bit software.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    I've got a Acer Aspire One with an Atom in it that I still use. The form factor is awesome, I wish it was 64 bit and 4 gig though. Just use it for emergency firewall management as I don't think it is getting updates.

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