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Ok, you're right, it's irrelevant to a discussion about the OS; the point I was trying to make is that this old machine is robust, it can be taken apart, comple
by bambax 2y ago
Ok, you're right, it's irrelevant to a discussion about the OS; the point I was trying to make is that this old machine is robust, it can be taken apart, completely, and screwed back together, and still work fine. Not all machines can do that.
- vel0city 2y agoBut that's not inherently some property of it being an old machine. One could have an ancient machine where that's nearly impossible to do with proprietary fan sizes and headers and have a machine built yesterday which is easy to do.
- nly 2y agoJust the other month I replaced my laptop battery (not removable but easily done), fans, repasted the cpu and cleaned out the heat sink. It gave a 5 year old laptop a completely new lease of life. Nothing you're describing is unusual.