Whats the oldest Laptop or PC you still use regularly?

[networkdown]

How many of you guys still find use for old PC's and laptops? How old is the unit that is still running? What do you use your old PC for?

I am typing this forum post on a decade old laptop that is running Lubuntu linux. This old Dell has a duel core Pentium cpu, 4 gigs of ddr3, SSD, a newer battery. Its usable as day to day web surfing, music streaming, emailing mule. 

[LukeSavenije]

daily use? my 2011 travelmate

[eemunni]

Dell latitude e6520 for surfing web

[teambou]

I still use my 2010 easynote ts

i just upgraded the ram from an older scraped asus rog g20 and put a ssd in it boots in 20scd and with i5 it's still decent mind you my parents use it so no games but no hiccups whatsoever 

[SenKa]

Now a days, my 2014 Macbook Air.

 

Though, used to use laptops from 2008-2010 as soon as last semester.

[emosun]

it doesn't have a make or model but it's a 486-dx40 with 8mb of ram and i use it to test cinepak video

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Mainly using my X99 rig, but my old 2011 one (i5-2500, Z77 MoBo) is lately being used more and more. 

I am looking into moving over completely from Win7 to Linux.  The old rig is great for testing stuff without having to resort to dualboot.  With a modern GPU (I had a couple of 1070s left over from mining so that was a no-brainer) it's still pretty good for 1440p gaming. 

[ahuckphin]

I would say any x64 processor such as the AMD Turion X2 64 

[Stormseeker9]

MacBook Pro early ‘15 model. Oldest hardware I use at the moment 

[star_pilot475]

My gaming rig is essentially a 2011 HP desktop that I put a few parts in.

[chen57]

i have a 2006 mac mini that i use from time to time for fun. gpu overheat all the time so i modded it and added a 80mm usb fan on top. might post a picture later  

[networkdown]

Just now, chen57 said:

i have a 2006 mac mini that i use from time to time for fun. gpu overheat all the time so i modded it and added a 80mm usb fan on top. might post a picture later  

Sounds cool, I would like to see what it looks like. 

[Silent93x]

On 5/22/2019 at 4:27 PM, networkdown said:

How many of you guys still find use for old PC's and laptops? How old is the unit that is still running? What do you use your old PC for?

I am typing this forum post on a decade old laptop that is running Lubuntu linux. This old Dell has a duel core Pentium cpu, 4 gigs of ddr3, SSD, a newer battery. Its usable as day to day web surfing, music streaming, emailing mule. 

The oldest that belongs to me is a beated up lenovo ideapad 100-15ibd that I got for 50 bucks that got some love (upgraded to 16gigs of ram and got ssd) and now I use it as a htpc.

The one I used the most is a razer blade which I accidentally broke the keyboard and now the sits comfortably behind the TV.

[Amaranth]

The oldest machine I use regularly is an X230 that is one of my daily drivers although I might retire it in favor of a newer model soon (or get another X230 and mod it for FHD).

[chen57]

On 5/24/2019 at 1:53 PM, networkdown said:

Sounds cool, I would like to see what it looks like. 

I removed the optical drive

 

[networkdown]

Very cool

[Mart18]

Hey, as a student I still use a 2006 white plastic macbook with a core 2 duo and 4 gigs of RAM. It does pretty well, and I expect to keep it as long as I can. It's already 13-14 yo. XD

[ivanrcks95]

Still have and daily use my Lenovo Y580, 8 years old now. Was a beast when i got it and a bargain, well i thought so anyway, i7 3630qm, gtx660m, 8gb of ram, 1TB HDD, 1080p panel, alloy body, AMAZING built in JBL speakers and a blu-ray drive, all for just 999USD, back in 2012. Have done a few upgrades since, Kingston SSD instead of the old 7200rpm WD it had, and a 128gb sata Nvme as an extra, added more ram, and managed to get it working 100% with windows 10, as officially Lenovo never released drivers for it past windows 8.1. It mainly acts as my on the go photo editing rig, as well as a workhorse for any mobile university work, oh and as a portable speaker for the shower, because the built-in JBL speakers impress me to this day, not only with the clarity but volume! Its not that impressive in benchmarks anymore but using it still feels as smooth and as snappy as ever.