So I got my old 15.4 R61 back...and now what?

[ajkula66]

A perfectly usable system (T7700/4GB/NVS140M/Crucial C300/Philips WSXGA+/Atheros 9380) that is way too good to be junked, but has no market value whatsoever. If I knew of a kid who *really* needed a laptop I'd have no problem donating it, but am out of recipients at the moment...

I'm most likely to turn it into a Linux testbed, but am open to any/all suggestions on what can be done with this oldie-but-a-goodie...

[ZaZ]

Local church or charity perhaps?

[ajkula66]

Local church or charity perhaps?

None around here that I'm familiar with.

[wujstefan]

Well, why?

As long as you're not performing CPU-heavy tasks this is a really nice system.

Build a 3d printer of CNC grinder and communicate with them from this stage. NVS140M works like a charm with CAD/CAM - I'm a hardware design engineer and find these GPU's able to perform such tasks. I'm personally designing with T601F w/nVidia and am really comfrtable with it.

OR

Start a business, and make this one a business / home office notebook.

OR

Donate it to some 10-years-old kid. One TP-freak more.

I've got pretty similiar problem. Lots of TP's I want to keep, but most of them are actually lying on the shelf being cleaned time to time

[ajkula66]

Build a 3d printer of CNC grinder and communicate with them from this stage. NVS140M works like a charm with CAD/CAM - I'm a hardware design engineer and find these GPU's able to perform such tasks. I'm personally designing with T601F w/nVidia and am really comfrtable with it.

Way above my skill set...

OR

Start a business, and make this one a business / home office notebook.

I'm looking to hopefully retire in a few years, not start a business, but thanks for the suggestion nevertheless...

OR

Donate it to some 10-years-old kid. One TP-freak more.

Once someone approaches me on behalf of such a kid I most certainly will do exactly that. Won't be the first time.

I've got pretty similiar problem. Lots of TP's I want to keep, but most of them are actually lying on the shelf being cleaned time to time

I'm past that stage in the game but once in a blue I do end up with a machine that I have no *real* practical use for...we'll see.

[wujstefan]

Build a 3d printer of CNC grinder and communicate with them from this stage. NVS140M works like a charm with CAD/CAM - I'm a hardware design engineer and find these GPU's able to perform such tasks. I'm personally designing with T601F w/nVidia and am really comfrtable with it.

Way above my skill set...

Well then buy a ready 3d printer set - worth no more than R61 itself - worst case you'll be the "most liked grandpa" since you'll be able to rebuild missing Lego blocks for your grand/kid's sets. Best case you'll build your own, alternative "ajkulpad"