On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 08:17:06AM -0400, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> If we're being honest, a typical 2005-era laptop is going to
yield a
> rather lousy experience with any modern Linux Desktop. (And an even
> lousier experience with modern Windows!)
This is my old go-to-blogpost for such comments:
http://www.hadess.net/2015/04/jdll-2015.html
For about 50 dollars/pounds/euros, you can transform a 10 year old machine
into something that'll be decently usable.
Oddly enough, you inadvertently made my point -- That link doesn't refer
to a 2005-era laptop, instead it's a nearly-three-year newer "bookend"
system containing a CPU capable of both SSE2 and x86_64 (ie an Intel
Core2Duo), better I/O, and more upgradability opportunities than a
laptop from a few years prior.
(Those 2-3 years represent the difference in hardware generations being
discussed here!)
- Solomon
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