• Buffy@libretechni.caEnglish
    2·
    1 hour 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·
    2 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.

  • YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 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.

  • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
    7·
    3 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·
      2 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.

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
    131·
    5 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
      21·
      3 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.

  • morto@piefed.socialEnglish
    391·
    6 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
      17·
      5 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
    60·
    7 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
      25·
      7 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!

    • swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      7·
      5 hours ago

      Mine’s a 2006 HP Z600 workstation, proudly serving punk rock and The Room (2003) 24/7 on demand to me and me only, because neither my family or my friends want punk rock or The Room (2003)

    • TheRagingGeek@lemmy.world
      9·
      7 hours ago

      I just lost my ATI X1950XT yesterday after I bumped it installing a replacement HDD into my home servers raid cluster. RIP 20 year old GPU, you had a commendable service life

    • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
      2·
      6 hours ago

      I’m still sad the mobo for my i7 920 died. That CPU was a beast. Maybe one day I’ll get a 1366 server mobo and set it up as a NSA.

    • determinist@kbin.earth
      2·
      7 hours ago

      my PC is a 2013 HP. 4 years ago I got fancy and bought a gtx 1070ti. both are enough for me and have been running well.

  • Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works
    10·
    6 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

    • Mongostein@lemmy.ca
      1·
      5 hours ago

      I’ve got 3 Thinkpad 420s (nice) - released 2011ish - that I got for free last summer. They all run Linux Mint now. One runs Jellyfin, one runs Sonarr and Radarr, one runs Jackett and Transmission. Works great!

      This is an upgrade from the 2010 Dell, which was free from a friend with no working screen and missing 5 keys that I had running all of that.