10 ways to give a second life to old laptop
Do It Yourself / / December 19, 2019
Do you remember your first laptop? Where is he now?
Most of outdated or broken, but repaired, portable computers "link" to the mothers (grandmothers) to lay out "Solitaire" but to sit in social networks.
But in the capable hands of the laptop can get a second life. Below is a selection of some of the ideas for reshaping your laptop.
Back in the ranks
Let's start with the obvious - to make the laptop work again. You may have to replace some hardware, to clean its inside and outside and, of course, to reinstall the software.
If after all these manipulations, the laptop is still "slow" and does not meet your needs, try to install it a lightweight operating system (for example, Lubuntu or Chromium OS).
Laptop Wall
If you do not plan to use the old laptop for its intended purpose, then hang it on the wall and use it as digital photo frame, kitchen PC for recipes or board entertainment for the gym. These options are good for a laptop with a broken keyboard, touchpad, or CD-drive.
General access point Wi-Fi
If in your house there are places where catches Wi-Fi (for example, an attic or terrace), expand coverage with an additional access point from an old notebook. This is done quite easily, as WindowsAnd on Mac. This method is good, when the Internet to the far corner of the apartment needed urgently, and at the same time.
hidden Media Center
Why the need for a media center? Once we have answer to this question. But how about in order to make the media center of the old laptop? This can be not only effective but also aesthetically pleasing. Laptop thin, which means that it can be hide behind the TV, having attached to a sliding rail.
short-throw projector
I love the big screen? The symbiosis of the old laptop and a homemade projector help you to look at the big screen, movies and photos (but do not expect superkachestva) and make presentations.
Desktop PC or server quiet
If your laptop is in poor condition, but the "innards" are still alive, you can do desktop PC or quiet home server.
The tablet
Turn the touch screen laptop into a tablet. Sounds unbelievable? Not at all! In fact, there are several ways how to do it. Here are just a one of them.
external monitor
If the laptop is written down himself, but the monitor is still nothing, then separate the body from the display and using the latter as an external monitor. For example, as an additional monitor main PC.
Spare parts
Another option (when the laptop is sooo bad) - to dismantle it for parts. For example, the hard disk using of a good body It can be converted into an external storage device.
Sale
Finish too obvious - sell old laptop, even if it is broken. As you can see from the previous examples, the world is full of magicians, which modding and alteration of a computer - not just a fad, and something akin to sports or lifestyle. You never know what they are and why they have conceived your battered laptop. Just do not forget format the hard disk before you put the laptop on eBay.