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QDear 100 Hour Board, This includes more than one question: I have an IBM ThinkPad laptop that I received in 2005. I am getting a new laptop- what can I do with my old one? Should I save it for something? Is there any way to make money off of it, or is it too old? It still works fine, but more outdated than I'd like. Some have advised me to sell the parts (how would I do that?) or try to sell it to a needy freshman. :) What would you do with an old laptop? - Could use the money ADear couldn't we all, The parts of a 2005 laptop are likely just about worthless at this point, so I'd forget about that. (If you had a new-ish high-end-ish laptop you could theoretically strip out the processor, RAM, graphics card(s), etc. and actually make money selling them on eBay, but I think demand for components that are four years out of date is not large.) Selling to a needy freshman seems like a good bet; you might be able to get a couple hundred bucks from the right buyer. If I had an old laptop, I'd use it to replace my present Linux box, which I'm renting - I do all my programming in Linux and I've had some flakiness with VMWare, so I like having a dedicated Linux machine. I understand virtually all Linux OSes are lightweight enough to run well on 2005 hardware, so if I had such a laptop I'd blow Debian (or something) onto it and use it as my programming toy. I'd also consider doing some disassembly and toying around if I had a good project idea that required a screen. Example: I hear people make digital picture frames out of appropriately modded laptops. I don't think I'd do that, because it's not that original/exciting, but I might do something comparable if an idea hit me. ~Ƥ. Ɗ. Kirĸe Back |
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