A laptop bought for a fiver in a charity shop. How do I turn the thing on?

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Dadam

Senior Member
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.
 

AndyRM

XOXO
That old bit of tat will certainly not help you stand out from the riff-raff!
 
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Accy cyclist

Accy cyclist

Legendary Member
Twas a joke. I should have put a smiley I suppose :okay:

Ok, I'll let you off!:okay:

But even if it is way outdated, it was only a fiver and it works, so it's there in case my current one conks out.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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Cycleops

Legendary Member
You might still be able to get Windows 11 free so worth checking. Download will take ages though.
 

DRM

Guru
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.
You might still be able to get Windows 11 free so worth checking. Download will take ages though.

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
Photo Winner
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
Dammit. We could've got some mileage out that one 😄

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!
 
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