Writing from a 7 year old Thinkpad I got this year as a backup computer. Could do with a RAM upgrade because I find it using swap often, but actually it’s still pretty fast. I intentionally got the first generation where Intel got their heads out of their asses and gave us 4 cores on i5 and i7 U-series, since it was a significant performance bump from the previous gen, but still very cheap compared to newer ones.
I use Arch NixOS btw.
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
it’s crazy that the most reliable laptop I own is more than 10 years old
ripcord@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I have a 15 year old mac laptop running as a 24/7 homelab server.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
2011 MacBook Pro 15” I’m still using, too! Mostly for just web browsing and picture storage. iPhoto is so good.
SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Keep that thing off the internet if you can. Security is kind threadbare on that abandoned macOS.
Fantastic form factor for non internet tasks though. The 2011 model is worse for thermal management and the fans work harder so may need replacement, listen for rattles or silence from one side. Keep it ventilated on all sides including bottom.
Debian should run very nicely on that if you want modern software features and low-worry internet security.