• What to do with an old laptop?
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Hey guys, I recently came into my possession a Dell Inspiron 2650. Specs: Windows XP Professional Intel Pentium 4 Mobile 1.60 GHz 512 MB Ram Nvidia GeForce2 Go 20 GB Hard drive What do you think I should do to it? I'm still unsure if I should change the operating system to linux. I want to learn/use it, but I still want to use the ol' XP. Maybe a dual-boot? Throw out any suggestions!
the best upgrade for that is the pointy end of a hammer on the screen, so it has more ventilation, then you can OC it
It's fine as a notebook, I'd say keep it, maybe one day one of your friends or family will go all "Damn I wish I had a notebook" and then you can go "Oh is that so? I've got an old one you can have"
Sell it.
Put linux on it and use it to surf the internet.
[QUOTE=Mac2468;19743940]Put linux on it and use it to surf the internet.[/QUOTE] Damn you, i was just about to say that. [editline]06:01PM[/editline] Don't bother dual-booting with only a 20GB HDD.
windows 7 should work fine
Put all your documents on an external drive and just reformat it with linux.
Make it into a nas, for 20gb of shit
ChrisBrownit
[url=http://www.maxivista.com/]Use it as a another monitor[/url]
[QUOTE=Tezza1234;19746131][url=http://www.maxivista.com/]Use it as a another monitor[/url][/QUOTE] That's a really good idea, thanks!
[QUOTE=Tezza1234;19746131][url=http://www.maxivista.com/]Use it as a another monitor[/url][/QUOTE] Is there a free app that does this? I'd rather not pay 40 dollars.
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;19763996]Is there a free app that does this? I'd rather not pay 40 dollars.[/QUOTE] Yes: [url]http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/[/url]
[QUOTE=Mac2468;19743940]Put linux on it and use it to surf the internet.[/QUOTE] This. Go with [url=www.ubuntu.com]Ubuntu[/url] if you're new. It's pretty simple and has a huge userbase that can help with any problems you may have.
[QUOTE=Ibutsu;19764045]This. Go with [url=www.ubuntu.com]Ubuntu[/url] if you're new. It's pretty simple and has a huge userbase that can help with any problems you may have.[/QUOTE] If it was me, I would use arch, but I have to agree with this. But I think xubuntu would be a better option. So OP knows, xubuntu is pretty much exactly the same but it is lighter and faster.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;19764028]Yes: [url]http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/[/url][/QUOTE] I want to kiss you. [editline]07:12PM[/editline] No homo.
[QUOTE=Maccabee;19764180]If it was me, I would use arch, but I have to agree with this. But I think xubuntu would be a better option. So OP knows, xubuntu is pretty much exactly the same but it is lighter and faster.[/QUOTE] I just actually installed ubuntu because I am new to linux. I'm going to see how it runs on the laptop. If it runs slow, then I will switch to a different os. The time I had to wait to get to the actual installation of ubuntu was over an hour.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;19764028]Yes: [url]http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/[/url][/QUOTE] I am pretty sure it doesn't do what maxivista does: [quote]Synergy lets you easily [b]share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers[/b] with different operating systems,[b] each with its own display[/b], without special hardware.[/quote] [url]http://www.tezzanator.net/stuff/warp.gif[/url]
Use it for old games. Emulator's and 90's games.
Turn it into a sort of superghetto blade server. Or give it to me.
sell it to me
[QUOTE=VG Cats;19768292]sell it to me[/QUOTE] No, you need more ram
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