Re: News : ARM Trying to Buy AmperComputing

On 19/01/2025 23:52, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

An "old/weak" WINDOWS laptop becomes a perfectly good
   LINUX laptop. So, don't be in a huge hurry to put yer
   old tech into the bin. It can live on.
 

Yes, but it wiill still be slow, have a limited screen and gobble electrons

   Mac ... um ... you're probably stuck with their OS - but
   even then they can be relegated to 2nd-tier services.
 

Macs run Linux OK.

   Batteries ... check around. It's surprising how many odd
   laptop batts you can find. Had to replace one in an old
   laptop recently and the name-brand batt was on Amazon at
   a good price.

Yes. They are only batteries.
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