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Flagstaff@programming.dev 3 weeks agoWhat if the SSD and everything else are 9 years old?..
With the age of those computers you might even be looking at a HDD. Those should definitely be replaced, SSDs, it depends.
In any case a new 128G SDD is on the order of 15 bucks, well worth the investment even for an age-old system (unless you have a bit more extra cash because the GB/buck optimum is in the 0.5-2T range).
Well, an additional problem with this Lenovo ThinkPad is that its “A” key is coming loose if not pressed on the rightmost side. I’ve also dropped it 3x from over a foot’s distance (knocked off a table, etc.), which damaged its Bluetooth receiver. So I’m wondering if it’s even still worth maintaining…
It’s definitely got 2×256 GB SSDs in it, though they’re also all from 2016-17, hence my predicament of sorts…
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
If it’s that valuable, you should have backups anyway.
potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 3 weeks ago
And chances are it’s all cloud work that they’re doing on the computers.