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ofc I imediatly upgraded it from winxp to gnu/linux

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't say that, maybe in the case of the x31 or similarly really old laptops, however newer old laptops like the t60p or t500 aren't that bad and can still handle every office and internet related workload just fine