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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

I remember when a ten year old laptop was just trash, unable to even boot a modern OS. Current hardware capacity exceeds our actual demand by so much that a ten year old computer is still adequate for most users (assuming you aren't on Windows).

My 8 year old 1080ti graphics card can run most games perfectly fine on a 1080p/60 screen (still the most common spec budget monitor). I would not be surprised if it that PC hits 10+ years of gaming without a real need for upgrade.

[-] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

assuming you aren't on Windows

This is the tough part.

I had a 2011 MacBook Pro sitting around some years ago I had upgraded from and I offered it to my brother for his kids to use because of the built in child controls they could setup. He just told me a few weeks ago they were done with it and asked me if I could wipe it or tell him how to do it could be recycled.

I took it back, put Mint XFCE on it but I can’t give it away to anyone I know because it has Linux on it. I’ll probably get a display cable for it and run it as my torrent box.

[-] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

My ten year old laptop is an i7 with 16 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD and a dedicated graphics chip.

My current laptop has 24 GB RAM and also a 1 TB SSD.

Feels like not much progress.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 weeks ago

The one place I see a huge leap is in MacBooks. The capabilities of a 2015 Intel based MBP are laughable when compared to an M4 based 2025 MBP. I use an MBP for my music production and I just cannot make it choke, no matter what I throw at it.

[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 weeks ago

Single core? That must be more like 20 years old now.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't believe this meme for a second.

Wikipedia:

The production of single-core desktop processors ended in 2013 with the Celeron G440, G460, G465 & G470.

Those are so weak it's not even funny.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine that computing environments existed and thrived before gigabytes and gigahertz.

I have done significant work on a machine with a single 8MHz core and 8Mbytes of RAM that I shared with several people.

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Those machines will explode if you open chrome

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

No. They would simply refuse to run it. They were rather smart machines back then.

[-] pewpew@feddit.it 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Intel still makes Celerons that are probably just slightly faster than these

[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 weeks ago

It's not common, but you can find some in really cheap chromebooks going back only a few years and those are prime candidates for Linux.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago

I've never seen one that wasn't 4 cores

ARM is cheap

[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They have shitty ARM too, they pull out all the stops on chromebooks.

Dual core ARM, new in 2021, its not alone: https://www.asus.com/us/laptops/for-home/chromebook/c203xa/

Intel also still has some celerons they make with dual cores right now.

[-] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder what happened to the 15(?) year old laptop at my mum and dads house…could anything be achieved with that?

[-] velkiera@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Not a bad chance. Worth looking into imo

[-] azha@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

You can use it to self host maybe

[-] cron@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Surely you could do something with it, but it probably has less power than a current raspberry pi.

[-] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

My eeepc sadly died last year, it was a single core laptop i had running hannah montana linux in my bathroom as a music player.

My Precision M6400, a dual core made in 2008, is still going strong and sure, it's slow, but it still works and has replaced the eeepc in the bathroom so now I can listen to music OR watch videos (not streaming) during my extra long showers. i don't keep it in the bathroom, it's on a dock in another room connected to a monitor with a really long dvi-i cable.

[-] BenFranklinsDick@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Pic of the setup? This sounds wild. Is the cable going under the door or what? Is the monitor wall mounted?

[-] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I fed the cable through a hole in the wall, not that it matters since the door doesn't shut all the way. The building is old and the frame doesn't match the door shape anymore.

It was easy to feed the line because, well, the monitor is in the hole too. It's a big hole. Honestly, it's kind of embarrassing. A mouse infestation took out the supports and drywall around an exhaust vent/air conditioner wall-unit thing and it fell out of the wall. Plus the landlord is a slum lord.

I can't really do a current picture for complicated phone reasons/problems. Just imagine a monitor in this hole, instead of the portal to Narnia which I lovingly crafted in GIMP: https://i.imgur.com/BLHhUF0.gif

The monitor is in that, mostly held in with spray foam and duct tape. My rent is $325 a month, no contract, no late fees up to 3 months. My landlord is a slumlord. IDK, I feel that might help explain things around here.

[-] BenFranklinsDick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

SPRAY FOAM? Good Lord man, you're the king of jank DYI tech solutions.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago

Isn't that guy actually dead, tho?

[-] electro1@infosec.pub 0 points 2 weeks ago

The actor? yes.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah too bad, he seemed nice

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