Using vintage laptops in 2024: How do you make it work? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world to c/retrocomputing

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I have an old ThinkPad T42 coming my way. I plan to use it alongside my daily driver mainly for reading, emacs, and retro gaming. I will be dual booting a lightweight flavour of Linux (TBD) and Windows 98 on it.

However, I am a bit concerned about its ability to handle today's internet, with all of its heavy websites.

I would love to hear from those of you who are still using old ThinkPads (or other vintage laptops) in 2024. How do you make it work? Do you use lightweight browsers, specific configurations, or lightweight websites to get around the limitations of older hardware?

Are there any specific tips or tricks you can share for getting the most out of an old ThinkPad on the modern web?

Looking forward to hearing about your experiences!

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[-] hexagonwin 7 points 3 months ago

Use a lightweight browser like SeaMonkey, use a content/JS blocker like uBlock Origin plus uMatrix(eMatrix). Only enable required scripts and such

[-] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Thank you. I shall add SeaMonkey to the list of browsers to try out.

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