My dad was gonna throw his old laptop away, I decided to keep

>>60125690
Install gentoo on it!

go to a nearby computer store and get it fixed, I don't know how people can be heartless enough to throw away computers that served you for years

worse than scum in my eyes

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>>60125702
>holding onto old broken shit
>muh sentimental value

>>60125702
Because laptops are disposable items, not worth desperately clinging on to ancient technology just because it worked in the past

>>60125702
I was thinking of doing that and perhaps selling it off but am not sure whether it'd be worth the effort and the money cause I'd have to replace the keyboard (keys E and G aren't working), the battery (if I unplug the cable, it shuts off), the DVD drive and the WiFi card.

I have my trusty x220 for college and work use.. this bulky thing is nowhere near "portable" but I'd like to put it to use nonetheless.

>>60125975
None of that is very difficult or expensive to replace. If you're too lazy to even fix that up, just toss it.

>>60125690
Buy a new keyboard and replace wifi chip. Fuck the battery and DVD drive.

Replace the network card (ez enough) then SSH-ify it, network security practice or account control using /g/ as a test group (giving out public Ssh accounts)

>>60125690
strip it down and turn it into a headless server.

>>60125690
>battery
>around 50€ on duracell direct
don't be a cheap fuck and don't get a Chinese one

>2 keys aren't working
>around 20€ for a new keyboard

>WiFi card
>I don't know the price but those are generic so cheap

>another 60€ for an ssd

And here your new computer, if it has a 1080p screen it can't be bad

>>60125690
These are all non-issues that can be readily fixed, with a chink battery costing near to nothing, keyboard being piss-easy to replace with a new one, same with wireless card find a second hand one and pop it in, and who gives a fuck about the dvd drive anyway.

>>60125690
Use it as a HTPC. Did a same with an aging Chinknovo laptop that started falling apart.

>>60126104
why do peopel buy chinknovo shit in the first place

>>60126195
It was cheap and had a quad Core i7.

>>60125690
create NAS or TOR bridge

>>60126075
in Serbia this shit costs 270-350€

>>60126515
Then buy on internet, do you have severe import taxes?

>>60125690
>tfw my main machine is an n53
To be fair it still more than adequate with 16GB of RAM and an SSD.

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>>60126104
I've already got a $100 android chinkbox as an
HTPC.

>>60126515
God damn, eurofags have it bad. The battery and keyboard would cost me around $50 here in SEA.

>>60126072
>>60126051
I was thinking of setting up an SSH file server but don't have any practical uses in mind yet. Cheers

>>60126697
Apart from its inert portability, I think it's a great laptop. It ran pretty fucking well for the first year or two. Then it started falling apart. But yeah, I think with an SSD and a few fixes here and there, it could be brought back to life.

Use it as a server, or get those issues fixed.

>>60125690
>battery
stop using the laptop like a portable machine
>wifi card
use a lan cable
>two keys
create a macro to enter those keys
>DVD drive
replace it with a drive caddy.

so you're just spending money on a drive caddy and a new 2.5" drive (HDD or SSD) depending on whether you want storage or speed.

>>60125719
>Broken

There are children of the age of 5 with better reading comprehension than you.

>>60127241
their are babys who aren't as dumb as u

>>60127368
>their
Irony.

>>60127447
if your just going to be dumb then dont even reply

>>60127474
>your
Are you deliberately making this easy?