• AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netEnglish
    3·
    11 minutes 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
    6·
    57 minutes 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.

    • rockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      1·
      25 seconds ago

      I do have a used ThinkPad what I bought out from my workplace for dirt cheap. Maybe it’s time to look into buying a TV.

    • wabasso@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      52 minutes 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!

  • BuffyEnglish
    3·
    4 hours ago

    I have a ten year old laptop as my NAS. It has some issues sometimes but it was a pretty cool project for tech I barely used anymore. Now I use it every day.

  • rustydrd@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    5 hours ago

    Man, one more year, then my ThinkPad T25 will be 10 years old. It’s still my workhorse that I use every day, and you can pry it from my cold, dead hands when I die.

  • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
    8·
    6 hours 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·
      5 hours 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.

  • morto@piefed.socialEnglish
    42·
    9 hours 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
      19·
      7 hours 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.

  • cattywampas@lemmy.world
    65·
    10 hours 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
      27·
      10 hours 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!

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
    13·
    7 hours 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
      3·
      6 hours 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.

  • YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world
    2·
    5 hours ago

    My iMac is 11 years old. Use it to WFH two days a week and it’s running on Windows 11 (Rufus build that skips all the hardware checks). Have to use that OS as it’s a domain joined device using the work VPN. Works great.

  • Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works
    10·
    9 hours ago

    Fuck it do the linux meme and make it into a web server!

    I suggest MPD i love using old hardware to stream my music around the house