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Any advice on reusing old laptops?
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Any advice on reusing old laptops?

I have 4 laptops from 2010 at home Also have another 2 at the office that are from 2004. It's incredible how all of them are still functional. These all have some minor issue or another though.

I also have 2 more that have been storage for God knows how long and they are properly dead.

What do you guys do? Is is any value in trying to sell them or maybe use for something?

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@mrmiyamoto

Emulator machine is a good idea, here are some that I’ve had some success with:

  • digital picture frame? Run a screensaver with family pictures on one

  • high end streaming box. Install Kodi or a version of XBMC and use it for your streaming platforms while hooked up to a TV

  • Plex server — be your own streaming platform. Using something like Plex you could turn an old computer into a media server and you can sail the high seas instead of paying whatever ridiculous price Netflix wants these days

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What absolutely sucks about old laptops is that the LCD screen ALWAYS starts to get some weird arrifact. Usually a whole bunch of lines making any kind of display hack rather shabby.

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