I feel like video playback is something that very rarely pops up in these discussions. Yes your old laptop boots up and runs Linux and you can write emails and

I feel like video playback is something that very rarely pops up in these discussions. Yes your old laptop boots up and runs Linux and you can write emails and browse a forum, but video streaming is pretty much off the table at anything above 480p since these older laptops aren’t likely to support modern codecs. They’re pretty useless to me on a daily driver perspective as things like Google Meet or Zoom similarly grenade the CPU and deliver a subpar experience in that regard. I wish the lifespan of these machines were longer or had some form of an upgrade path like the Framework, as they’re contributing a pile to e-waste, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. I do keep a couple of old notebooks around for nostalgic purposes and occasional vintage gaming, but I wouldn’t want to use one as my daily driver.