Comments on: fixing a ten-year-old notebook computer for $5/2020/03/20/fixing-a-ten-year-old-notebook-computer-for-5/various and sundry notionsSat, 21 Mar 2020 01:59:40 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: whbeebe/2020/03/20/fixing-a-ten-year-old-notebook-computer-for-5/comment-page-1/#comment-1383Sat, 21 Mar 2020 01:59:40 +0000/?p=4724#comment-1383I used Gateways right before that for Linux development. I installed SuSE on them. They were very capable machines for what I needed. As for putting Linux on a Win10 machine, I have another Samsung, a 17.2″ model from 2013 that came pre-installed with Windows 8. I let it upgrade to Win 8.1 and then the free upgrade to Win10. I would have put Linux on it long ago except the documented threat that you could brick the machine because of the BIOS on the machine. So now it sits in its bag, coming out every three months to pick up patches and updates, then it goes back into the bag and the cabinet. I keep it because it has historical development tools and code on it that I might still need.

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]]>By: Marc Beebe/2020/03/20/fixing-a-ten-year-old-notebook-computer-for-5/comment-page-1/#comment-1381Fri, 20 Mar 2020 21:55:19 +0000/?p=4724#comment-1381I’m still running a 10-year-old Gateway NV58 with Linux Mint on it. I’d love to experiment with putting Linux on a Chromebook or a Win10 machine, but they’re all a lot of money for just playing around with; like you my retirement came with cash limitations. Someday I’ll find one to play with.

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