https://www.pcmag.com/news/avoid-the-trash-heap-15-great-uses-for-an-old-pc
In 2019, after seven years of slumps, PC sales went up by the tiniest increment—0.3 percent. Demand then surged in recent weeks as people shifted to work-from-home setups due to COVID-19 quarantines. Which means some of you may be getting a new computer. But what do you do with the old PC?
You may be tempted to go the easy route and just junk it. But don't. If that laptop or desktop was created any time in the last decade, you'd be surprised by how much life you (or others) can get out of it. I'm not talking about limping along, but of ways to bring an old PC back to useful life.
[This editor can vouch for plenty of life in old boxes. For the past 4 years, a now-nearly-decade-year-old Core 2 Duo Laptop with 6 GB RAM has been my primary computer.--martyb]
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday April 30 2020, @05:07PM (2 children)
Eh, the new massive thread count chips would be nice for folks who do a lot of compiling but I'm not getting one until I have a fair degree of certainty I can disable the hardware rootkit.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday May 01 2020, @01:16AM (1 child)
Performance should be prioritized above security. If you want security, disconnect the system from the internet and transfer files from another computer using a USB stick or pigeon.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday May 01 2020, @03:53AM
No, I mean folks who do a lot of compiling. You know, Gentoo users.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.