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@grumpybozo@toad.social
2026-06-10 21:22:23

Sadly, mine get replaced only when liquid-damaged, and while I’ve revived both prior laptops to the point of near-full function, they both have permanently dead keys and one thinks shift is always on.
So they would be fine, treated as headless servers. @…

Eamon (@eamon@social.coop)
We live in a golden era of hand-me-down laptops. It has never before been—and will likely never again be—this easy to get a decent computer for free just by asking your friends and neighbors, "do you have an old working laptop lying around that you don't use and I can have?" Ten year old laptops work fine for most non-gamer things. With some gumption you can replace dead batteries and they're basically good as new (if the hinges aren't busted).