What do I do with an old laptop?

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make a network probe out of it :) NTop is great for it

On 21/02/06, Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/20/06, Carthik Sharma <carthik at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a very old, Compaq Presario 1245 laptop, with a AMD-k6 333Mhz
> > processor and 128 MB memory (4 gig HDD). Most importantly, perhaps, it
> > does not have a ethernet adapter on it. It does have a PCI card slot,
> > though.
> >
> > What is the best - or most creative - way to use it around the house?
> > Does anyone have any tips as to what I can do with this laptop and
> > how? Ubuntu runs fine on it.
> >
> > Would I rather be better off selling it on ebay for the 100-odd
> > dollars the model seems to sell for?
> >
> > I heard of the picture frame thing on metafilter, but that holds no
> > interest for me.
> >
> > Expecting some creative suggestions :)
>
> Given that you know it works and you know it works well, I'll offer up
> the not-so-creative solution of simply keeping it as a backup or as a
> portable typewriter. You never know when your main machine goes down
> and you absodesperatolutely need a functioning computer!
>
> Eric.
>
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