Re: What do I do with an old laptop?



make a network probe out of it :) NTop is great for it

On 21/02/06, Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2/20/06, Carthik Sharma <carthik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a very old, Compaq Presario 1245 laptop, with a AMD-k6 333Mhz
processor and 128 MB memory (4 gig HDD). Most importantly, perhaps, it
does not have a ethernet adapter on it. It does have a PCI card slot,
though.

What is the best - or most creative - way to use it around the house?
Does anyone have any tips as to what I can do with this laptop and
how? Ubuntu runs fine on it.

Would I rather be better off selling it on ebay for the 100-odd
dollars the model seems to sell for?

I heard of the picture frame thing on metafilter, but that holds no
interest for me.

Expecting some creative suggestions :)

Given that you know it works and you know it works well, I'll offer up
the not-so-creative solution of simply keeping it as a backup or as a
portable typewriter. You never know when your main machine goes down
and you absodesperatolutely need a functioning computer!

Eric.

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