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My $500 laptop I panic bought after an employee started talking to me
It's incapable of anything and stutters when I start Firefox. I have a freebie laptop I got from Telus 10+ years ago that runs better than this off-the shelf laptop.
I couldn't in good-conscience sell this to make my money back either... sigh... at least it keeps me focused on work..?
Could linux revive it?
Eww, removing Windows was the first thing I did. It's running Manjaro and was my first jump into Linux actually.
Revive? No, but it's the life support it needed.
Maybe turn it into a Chromebook?
That sounds fun, but I was (and still am) an idiot and locked myself out on the bios. I've reset locks on bios before, but as I've discovered recently, Acer found out you can charge people for the privilege instead.
At that point, I'll simply use this as a learning experience and continue exploring Arch. Another bevi of copium for me, please.
This is how i know that purchase was ill-advised.
Livin' the fool's journey :')
May I understand what panic buying is? And how it leads to a $500 purchase?
Mayhaps. My brain becomes mush when multiple people talk to me, so all the laptop information in my brain disappeared. I awkwardly followed the conversation and ended up buying what was suggested since the only thing on my mind I could think was "I need a laptop"
I was looking for a little notebook. I needed something for work that was very portable, but this is clunky and heavy. Good for thwackin' I guess.
I normally buy online just to avoid this, but I wanted to check out the local store for convenience. It was an ambush I'm telling ya!
Are there upgrades that would make it usable - more RAM, switch to an SSD?