Looking for advice on how to restore a 10 year old laptop...

1. 2019-05-10 at 3:28 AM UTC

   #1
   WellHung Black Hole
   The software is really old and runs really shitty and slow. Any suggestions on how I can go about getting it working well again?
2. 2019-05-10 at 3:53 AM UTC

   #2
   

   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
   Put Windows95 with USB support on it.
3. 2019-05-10 at 5:51 AM UTC

   #3
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   get familiar with lunix or freebsd
   
   recent builds of Windows use enough power that you're going to have trouble on 10 year old hardware, and anything older than W7 or so no longer gets upddates.
   
   
   there are ways to optimise depending on what you want to do though
4. 2019-05-10 at 7:18 AM UTC

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   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
   Yeah I honestly wouldn't even try.
   
   Then again, it depends on what your computing needs are exactly...
   
   I've noticed that the following are some of the biggest drains on computing resources:
   1. Internet browsers - the more tabs, the worse it gets. This is always going to use the vast majority of your computing resources.
   2. IDE's... If you do any programming, and use an IDE (instead of, say, Notepad++ or VIM or something like that), then that will take up the next biggest portion of resources.
   3. Games. I put this in third only because I never use my PC for gaming. But, I imagine this would actually be way above Internet browsing, actually. I have no frame of reference, though. Interestingly, though, it's worth noting that I look for computing systems suitable for intense gaming. It's simply because I know that they are going to be equipped to deal with lots of multitasking and all that, and won't start freezing up while I'm immersed in some kind of task.
   
   If you're doing any kind of multimedia editing... whether high resolution images; videos; or whatever... That's another big resource drain.
   
   After all that is taken into consideration, you just need to keep an eye on your task/process manager to determine if anything else is especially burdensome. If so, either find a more efficient alternative, or... find a way to do without it entirely.
   
   You'd be surprised with how few applications you currently have installed - perhaps even running - that you really don't even need at all.
5. 2019-05-10 at 7:24 AM UTC

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   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

   Originally posted by gadzooks You'd be surprised with how few applications you currently have installed - perhaps even running - that you really don't even need at all.

   
   
   
   I mean... how MANY applications you might not need.
   
   Drunk as fuck. I done fucked up.
6. 2019-05-10 at 8:03 AM UTC

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   Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Dark Matter [my scoffingly uncritical tinning]
   Get an SSD, and put Linux Mint on it.
7. 2019-05-10 at 11:16 AM UTC

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   Technologist victim of incest
   Throw it away.
8. 2019-05-10 at 11:20 AM UTC

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   Dregs African Astronaut [that freakishly double-edged allmouth]
   Never throw away anything. Be a hoarder in every avenue man. Don't listen to the twat waffles like above. I will guide you the right way and to God
9. 2019-05-10 at 11:24 AM UTC

   #9
   

   Technologist victim of incest
   How did you know my twat was a waffle?
10. 2019-05-10 at 12:18 PM UTC

    #10
    

    vindicktive vinny Black Hole
    sell it on ebay as vintage
11. 2019-05-10 at 7:44 PM UTC

    #11
    

    Admin African Astronaut
    Linux+Burner
    
    Start a new identity. Start generating funds and be two people. Have twice the income. Live twice as much.
    
    Rinse. Repeat.
    
    My lifestyle.
12. 2019-05-10 at 7:49 PM UTC

    #12
    

    stl1 Cum Lickin' Fagit
    This is the type of question you should ask your daddy about, Mattchew.
13. 2019-05-10 at 8:18 PM UTC

    #13
    

    Narc Naturally Camouflaged [connect my yokel-like scolytidae]
    Refine all the gold, silver, palladium etc thats in it.
    
    
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14. 2019-05-10 at 9:46 PM UTC

    #14
    

    Admin African Astronaut
    Refine all the bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum, etc thats in it.