My opinion, it’s really not worth the effort unless you like messing with computers for its own sake. I used to, years ago but just don’t have the time now. It’s certainly not worth spending money on. Best case you’ll end up with something that will run but will be marginal to get anything useful done.
A laptop bought for a fiver in a charity shop. How do I turn the thing on?
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AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
That old bit of tat will certainly not help you stand out from the riff-raff!
OP
OP
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Take some water with it. Whatever you're on it's not doing you any good.
Twas a joke. I should have put a smiley I suppose
OP
OP
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Twas a joke. I should have put a smiley I suppose
Ok, I'll let you off!
But even if it is way outdated, it was only a fiver and it works, so it's there in case my current one conks out.
And I like living in the past. I still play CD's in my car and old scratchy LP records at home.🧐
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Is this going to be the next Treating a Fiat 500 's rear axle for rust thread i wonder
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
You might still be able to get Windows 11 free so worth checking. Download will take ages though.
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
For what it’s worth I would put a light Linux distro on it, at least you would be able to safely connect to the internet with it, without risking ne’er do wells hacking it, XP is a no no now
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
i very much doubt it would run win11 ? intell atom processor ,i has similar around the same period and it was slow even then
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
There’s nothing personal of Accy’s on this laptop, as long as he doesn’t visit dodgy sites he won’t get infected. With nothing of value on the laptop I’d just use it as is.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Strictly speaking not simply voice activated but specifically song activated. That particular model starts up with Rawhide:
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in, ride 'em im, cut 'em out, cut 'im out, Ride' em in, Rawhide!
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
A bit late for that: He's here.
Samsung still have a support page for it although 2012 looks to be the most recent patch https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/NP-NC10-KA02UK/
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Ah, that might be the problem: you need glasses. 🤓
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Or a box of Kleenex tissues.
