@nixCraft Just slap Linux on that bad boy; I'm sure it will run just fine

(this is partly a joke because I've had some harrowing experiences even getting Linux to run on older hardware)

@zalasur@mastodon.surazal.net @nixCraft@mastodon.social With 64MB memory maybe openwrt. And the performance per watt ratio is really bad ​​

@usagi @nixCraft One thing worth looking into is seeing if the case is reusable. Get a new motherboard, some fans, a CPU and new peripherals. Air flow might be an issue, and if it was built to proprietary specs new mb's might not even fit in there, but who knows?

New computers do not come with optical disk bays anymore which is a shame.

@zalasur @usagi @nixCraft Went looking for some DVDs or BluRays to get some Ghibli to show my daughter, and learned that Best Buy where I am has gotten rid of all the physical media, just wide open space where the racks used to be with the 5 tables of laptops for sale spread out to try to fill some of it