Entirely possible that based on @pluralistic’s posts that I’m going to get a @framework / Framework Computer (https://frame.work/ )to teach my 9yo how to build a laptop and make his own (I think we’ll stick with Windows over Linux, though, if that’s okay).
@jerrylevine @pluralistic @framework Finally. I love this. I have done more than most people on laptops - replacing HDD and ram and screens, n wireless cards. I run old software cuz I'm poor and honestly hate the newest versions - no macs in this house - of windows. I might get one someday, but I already have two laptops and a desktop rig that I built. so I'm good for now
@onceitwas @jerrylevine @pluralistic @framework
Repair is a radical act! Keep keeping those old laptops out of the trash heap!
Also, as another laptop fixer who sometimes pays their bills by being willing to be more patient with a mac than a lot of mac people (and some non-mac engineers, lol), keep keeping them out. The new m2s are basically just ipads and the coming repair cycle is going to be sad when orgs have to toss a near-brand-new machine for the first time.
@TheNerdyMel @onceitwas @jerrylevine @pluralistic @framework Rejuvenating too.
I've lost count of the number of friends' laptop computers that seemed on their last legs, basically unusable, brought back to sparkling life with: a cheap SSD to replace HDD, second-hand additional RAM, and (usually most important) a fresh reinstall of O/S and apps with all their data restored.
To those friends, it seems like magic; and very grateful that it is £20-£30 instead of £300+ for a new computer (I don't charge friends for effort and tooling, only for any parts needed that aren't already in my bucket of spares).
@shelldozer @TheNerdyMel @onceitwas @jerrylevine @pluralistic @framework RAM can be a huge problem when it doesn't work for whatever reason. Tried this multiple times with laptops and they didn't boot with the new ram. Apparently some bios versions only accept ram from certain vendors.
@shelldozer @sycramore @onceitwas @jerrylevine @pluralistic @framework
Okay that's it, between the excellent thread of additional tips and that statement, you've gone and done something I like and now I'm fond of you.
@sycramore @TheNerdyMel @onceitwas @jerrylevine @pluralistic @framework
Or where the chipset eg: supports 2x2GB, but the OEM (Dell, can you hear me?) has artificially limited the system to 2x1GB in BIOS.
I have a word for that particular tomfoolery, but not repeatable in polite company.