blissful mural
Hellos. I'm not very tech savvy so really don't know.
With the upcoming Windows 11 rush, I realised that this old beast (bought from PCS in 2012) may or may not be elegible for the migration.
Is it? Could it run 11?
The alternative I'm thinking of is flinging it at linux, but I know about the penguin as much as I know about cars. Nadda.
FYI: This is not my current computer. This old lady was gifted to my mother many years ago now - she only uses it to check amazon and play solitaire.
Even the company logo was different back then. Wow.
wheat badger
Hellos. I'm not very tech savvy so really don't know.
With the upcoming Windows...
Well Win11 is not supported on a CPU that old, whilst theoretically you may be able to get it installed (probably not simple to do at all) I'm not convinced it would run very well with those specs anyway
Though #762988481634369556 would've been a better place to ask this 🙂
ionic cosmos
Time to get a new PC me thinks...and this is the right place for it 😉
blissful mural
Time to get a new PC me thinks...and this is the right place for it 😉
Lol literally just did!
It arrived a couple of weeks ago.
The one had before it was retired to lab/office pc because it was having troubles.
New pc works a dream.
The one above however is my mothers from 2012. She turns it on about three times a year, so just trying to figure out if it'll run windows 11 or if it'll need the penguin (linux) treatment
wheat badger
Cant you just leave it on whatever Windows its on?
blissful mural
Ooh I missed he message above! No to 11 then. Poo
It's currently on 10 I think. Wonder if I can downgrade it back to 7 lol
ionic cosmos
At this point, considering that she only uses it to check Amazon and play Solitaire, get her a cheap tablet
wheat badger
Ooh I missed he message above! No to 11 then. Poo
It's currently on 10 I think...
Why do you think you would need to downgrade it?
blissful mural
I offered her that and she went on a ten minute rant about liking mouses and she hates touch screens... Mentioning blue tooth mice are a thing helped at least.
Problem with tablets is that they end up out of date in a handful of years
Because windows 10 is being bricked by microsoft? (Or something to that effect)
ionic cosmos
Just like any other version of Windows...none of them are supported anymore with Windows 10 following suit
wheat badger
Doesnt mean it wont work, just means no more updates
ionic cosmos
It's just how it goes. It's not getting bricked...just not supported anymore
blissful mural
🤔 so they're not just bricking the system, just no longer supporting/dropping security updates?
ionic cosmos
So you're exposing your mum to further risks if you don't get onto Win11
blissful mural
I don't even know when she last turned it on tbh. So much cat hair and dust on it...
Is it just the cpu that can't handle 11 then? Though perhaps to hit the bare minimum i'd have to upgrade the motherboard too 
and then everything else too.
Computers are beyond me.
wheat badger
<:AG_Sweat:806023838939873290> I don't even know when she last turned it on tbh....
Well to upgarde the CPU enough to work with Win11 yes you would certainly need a new motherboard, and RAM
ionic cosmos
Trying to find such old components not worth it
Maybe.... https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/thin-light-laptops/
blissful mural
Hmm. What's the general shelf life on a laptop? Would it last 10-12 years under low useage?
ionic cosmos
Same as a desktop PC
The components age just the same really
blissful mural
Aren't they way harder to upgrade on a laptop? Or are things more modular nowadays?
ionic cosmos
Why upgrade if your mum only checks Amazon and plays Solitaire?
blissful mural
In case a component dies
Just hypothetical barricading so I know I can save her if it goes wrong
ionic cosmos
It certainly is trickier
blissful mural
I guess the last questions now are, how do I get rid of an old paperweight? 
I don't actually know what to do with a computer once it's dead. Is there a way of recycling them? And what about the stuff on the hard drives?
Gotta disappear for a bit.
Thank you so much for the discussion so far!
ember grove
I guess the last questions now are, how do I get rid of an old paperweight? <:bc...
give it a burial ceremony
peak crescent
the hard drives are probably fine, and can either be just used in a new PC, or made into external drives via a dock
fans can probably be transplanted or made into little moderately dangerous desk fans
as for the rest, generally all can be simply chucked in a recycling bin after the CMOS battery is removed, or google local electronics recycling
blissful mural
Thank you muchly!
peak crescent
alternatively, maybe make a project of it, find a cheap motherboard and make it a home server the PSU is probably fine, the GPU isn't exactly a beast and once you get a cheap RAM kit, CPU and motherboard, you can use it for whatever