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On 1/19/25 5:08 PM, D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 19 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 19 Jan 2025 11:42:25 +0100, D wrote:
>>
>>> I remember the Eee PC. It was very cute! People always asked me how I
>>> could stand working on a 11.6" laptop (Macbook air), but I kind of got
>>> used to it.
>>
>> I wanted something I could throw into a motorcycle saddlebag and not 
>> worry
>> about so I snapped one up when they came out. I sidelined it when it
>> couldn't handle WSA2. Last year I put Q4OS on it.
>>
>> https://q4os.org/
>>
>> It took a couple of tries when I got too greedy with what I selected for
>> the install. Trinity worked. The original Xandros distro is discontinued.
> 
> I love the fact that old computers are still perfectly usable today! 
> Sadly the batteries on my (or now, my fathers) two macbook airs are too 
> bad for me to use them for business.
> 
> One of them now serves as an audio player with some kind of USB 
> amplifier thing my father bought in a hifi-store so it can drive his 
> speakers. Works great!


   An "old/weak" WINDOWS laptop becomes a perfectly good
   LINUX laptop. So, don't be in a huge hurry to put yer
   old tech into the bin. It can live on.

   Mac ... um ... you're probably stuck with their OS - but
   even then they can be relegated to 2nd-tier services.

   Batteries ... check around. It's surprising how many odd
   laptop batts you can find. Had to replace one in an old
   laptop recently and the name-brand batt was on Amazon at
   a good price.