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 My wife's 2009 13" Macbook is still running smoothly with an SSD + 16GB of RAM (nevermind that that old 1280x800 display looks like a potato now)
@elfprince13 @shelldozer @onceitwas @jerrylevine @pluralistic @framework hecking yes. I love all these stories of computers kept out of the trash.