ravhall@discuss.online to Linux@lemmy.ml · 28 days agoHey! I found this old laptop for $500. Do you think I should buy it? Can I run Linux? Arch obviously.discuss.onlineimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down124file-text
arrow-up1371arrow-down1imageHey! I found this old laptop for $500. Do you think I should buy it? Can I run Linux? Arch obviously.discuss.onlineravhall@discuss.online to Linux@lemmy.ml · 28 days agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoI you’re going to hack one, this one is much cooler https://www.ebay.com/itm/186640570101 there’s a teardown here: https://hackaday.com/2020/04/27/teardown-vtech-whiz-kid-luggable-computer/
minus-squareravhall@discuss.onlineOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·27 days agoWwwwow. Yeah that is cooler. Is that just a repurposed oscilloscope?
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoRealistically with that screen size you could put anything in that thing. How do you get the impression that it might be a little smaller than it looks though.
minus-squareravhall@discuss.onlineOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·27 days agoYeah, since it’s for kids, I think we need an adult sized hand in there for scale. Or a banana
I you’re going to hack one, this one is much cooler
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186640570101
there’s a teardown here:
https://hackaday.com/2020/04/27/teardown-vtech-whiz-kid-luggable-computer/
Wwwwow. Yeah that is cooler. Is that just a repurposed oscilloscope?
Realistically with that screen size you could put anything in that thing. How do you get the impression that it might be a little smaller than it looks though.
Yeah, since it’s for kids, I think we need an adult sized hand in there for scale. Or a banana