Do you remember your first laptop? Where is he now?
Most obsolete or broken, but repaired, portable computers “refer” to their mothers (grandmothers) to lay out “Kosynka” and sit in social networks.
But in a skillful hands, a laptop can get a second life. Below is a compilation of some ideas for the redesign of your laptop.
Back in line
Let’s start with the obvious – let’s make the laptop work again. It may be necessary to replace some of the components, clean it inside and out and, of course, to re-install the software.
If after all these manipulations, the laptop still “slows down” and does not meet your requirements, try installing a lightweight operating system (for example, Lubuntu or Chromium OS) on it.
Laptop on the wall
If you still do not plan to use the old laptop for its intended purpose, then hang it on the wall and use it as a digital photo frame, a kitchen PC for recipes or an entertaining board for the gym. These options are good for laptops with a broken keyboard, touchpad or CD-drive.
Additional Wi-Fi access point
If your house has a place where it does not catch Wi-Fi (for example, an attic or a terrace), expand the coverage with an additional access point from an old laptop. This is done quite easily, both on Windows and on the Mac. This method is good when the Internet in the far corner of the apartment was needed at a time and urgently.
Hidden Media Center
Why do we need a media center? Once we already answered this question. But how about making a media center from an old laptop? This can be not only effective, but also aesthetic. The laptop is thin, which means it can be hidden behind a TV set attached to a sliding rail.
Short-focus projector
Do you like big screens? The symbiosis of the old laptop and homemade projector will help you to watch movies and photos on the big screen (alright, do not wait for supercooling) and make presentations.
Desktop or silent server
If your laptop is in a sorry state, but the “insides” are still alive, then you can make a desktop PC or a quiet home server.
The tablet
Turn the laptop into a tablet with a touch screen. Sounds incredible? Not at all! In fact, there are several ways to do this. That’s just one of them.
External monitor
If the laptop itself is to be written off, but the monitor is still nothing, separate the case from the display and use the latter as an external monitor. For example, as an additional monitor for the main PC.
Spare parts
Another option (when the laptop is sooooo bad) – disassemble it for spare parts. For example, a hard drive can be turned into an external storage device with the help of a solid case.
Sale
Let’s end also obvious – sell the old laptop, even if it’s broken. As you can see from the previous examples, the world is full of magicians, for whom modding and remaking of computers is not just a hobby, but something akin to sports or a way of life. You never know what else they have in mind and why they need your famous nout. Just do not forget to format the hard drive before putting the laptop on eBay.
