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ryujin470 ( ryujin470@fedia.io )  to Technology · 6 months ago

7 things you can do with your old Windows 10 PC instead of trading it in

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7 things you can do with your old Windows 10 PC instead of trading it in

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ryujin470 ( ryujin470@fedia.io )  to Technology · 6 months ago
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  • Hoohoo ( Hoohoo@fedia.io ) 
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    That was going to be weird if it didn’t start with install Linux.

    • Butterbee (She/Her) ( Butterbee@beehaw.org ) 
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      To be honest I more than half expected it to just be a list of 7 linux distros to install on it _

      • hemko ( hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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        And it basically was “7 different ways to use Linux on your old PC”

      • simone ( simone@lemmy.org ) 
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        Came here to make a joke about 7 distros.

    • Rhaedas ( Rhaedas@fedia.io ) 
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      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.

      • Baggins ( baggins@beehaw.org ) 
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        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.

        • Rhaedas ( Rhaedas@fedia.io ) 
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          MacBook 6,1 Core 2 Duo 2.26 13" White Unibody Late 2009

          I got lucky, apparently Apple specs say a max of 4GB like so many of the others, but for some reason this odd motherboard will run 8GB. And I can confirm, 8GB works.

          • Baggins ( baggins@beehaw.org ) 
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            Excellent. Thanks.

      • OpenPassageways ( OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip ) 
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        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…

    • Onomatopoeia ( Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ) 
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      I’m running a 2010 Lenovo X series on Win10 just fine.

      It’s no slower than it was with Win7 64bit.

  • XLE ( XLE@piefed.social ) 
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    Pretty funny comment at the bottom

    You forgot the purpose that the vast majority of people who owns Windows 10 computers are doing with them - using them as computers.

    There is absolutely no reason to reduce your computer to a linux box, or make any of these toys. If your Windows 10 computer is working fine, doing what you need, keep using it.

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      “…reduce…”

      Sure… 😂

    • 68silver ( 68silver@beehaw.org ) 
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      Yep…I installed Win 10 lot ltsc on one of my laptops. It gets monthly security updates thru 2030 I think.

  • Butterphinger ( Butterphinger@lemmy.zip ) 
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    used proven

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