Ask HN: What should I do with my old laptop in 2026?
2•nanfinitum•1h ago
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iwanttocomment•1h ago
Give it to someone you know who needs a laptop.
bediger4000•1h ago
Hang on to it if it still works, and you've got a power supply. There's going to be disruptions to global trade one way or the other (Trump does insane things, OR Xi invades Taiwan) that will completely mess up the availability of CPUs, and indeed, most electronics. You may be able to sell it for a profit, or be in the top percent of computer owners in 3 years.
nanfinitum•54m ago
BTW It's a 2019 Dell Inspiron with ~2.8 GHz processor speed and 24 GB memory. It's pretty slow by today's standards. Does your recommendation still hold?
frans•40m ago
Put linux mint on it. You’ll be amazed how well it runs.
olivierroy•34m ago
Setup Proxmox and Tailscale on it so you can create VMs or containers as you need and access them from anywhere.
Setup Coolify on it. With Coolify and Cloudflare Tunnels you can self host your personal projects even behind CG-NAT.
iwanttocomment•1h ago