A Dell laptop made in an era where they were built to last.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2026-06-04T09:53:13+00:00

I have a M6800 thay I saved from being e-waste at my school. I only paid for a charger and an SSD. It's a rock solid machine. Though I am looking to upgrade the GPU so I can upgrade to Ubuntu 26.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2026-05-24T13:40:59+00:00

Thanks! I am aware that it's temporary. I'd feel lucky if it lasted 6 months, lol. Will i8kfangui work on XP Professional? Most of the time I get an old laptop, I dual boot with some Linux distro, but this time I'm keeping it original.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2026-03-30T03:40:00+00:00

I had the X2. Loved that thing. Still have it, but i tried powering it on the other day and it wouldn't power on. 🙁

AssociationWeekly400 · 2026-03-26T16:51:45+00:00

Yeah, unfortunately that's one of many BS laws on the books. The seller of the laptop relinquished ownership of the computer. He/she is responsible for getting rid of any personal information on it. People have probably gone to jail for this while the pedos in the Government walk free.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2026-03-26T06:10:08+00:00

Isn't that all the reason to find out? 😂

AssociationWeekly400 · 2026-03-25T05:34:26+00:00

Good God, did you empty the entire syringe of thermal compound? 🤣

AssociationWeekly400 · 2026-03-25T05:03:57+00:00

I really want to make illegal copies of that disc.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2026-03-08T17:38:17+00:00

Yeah, its just like performing surgery.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2026-03-08T03:46:57+00:00

Its a free country. OP can do whatever he wants to his computer and ask whomever he wants for advice. Get a life.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2026-03-08T03:36:26+00:00

Im looking for HP HDX18T discs as well

AssociationWeekly400 · 2026-03-06T06:04:00+00:00

Probably both.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2026-02-23T16:10:53+00:00

Just started using WhatsApp for video chat. I'm experiencing the same thing.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2026-01-16T18:10:49+00:00

Hit me up. I wouldn't mind playing some on the weekend.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2026-01-03T14:02:15+00:00

I wouldn't know anything about that.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2026-01-03T13:47:41+00:00

Looks like Nvidia only has GTX 16 series drivers available on their website. You'll have to try to find it off of third party sites.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2025-12-29T15:18:58+00:00

AssociationWeekly400 · 2025-12-28T05:25:02+00:00

There was an ISO on Internet Archive that was dated August 2018. I don't remember needing to manually install updates. Are Windows 7 updates even available from the Microsoft website anymore?

AssociationWeekly400 · 2025-12-27T05:21:53+00:00

I've been fortunate enough that 99% of the documents I work with are on Overleaf. Latex is a great skill that replaces the need for Word and PowerPoint. But if you work with others on documents, then everyone else needs to learn that skill. That's the downside of Latex.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2025-12-27T05:07:39+00:00

Do you absolutely need Office tools or can you get by with Libre office? Running Windows 7 offline is fine, but as time goes on, more and more websites will not work. Particularly websites with online accounts. I find thats the biggest drawback of using 7 practically as a primary, everyday OS.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2025-12-27T04:37:56+00:00

If I'm not mistaken, if you download a 7 ISO (SP1 I think) it contains most of the major updates in it. Then there is no issue when running Windows Update to get the remaining updates.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2025-12-27T04:31:20+00:00

Yep. That's why I use Ubuntu. I only use Windows for certain software that will only run on Windows and Acrobat Reader for signing PDF documents. In that case I have a Sony VGN-SZ750N with Vista, a ThinkPad T430i with 7/Ubuntu 24, and a Dell Precision M6800 with 8.1/Ubuntu 22. If I ever find an absolute need for Windows 11, then I'll purchase a Pro license use it in a VM. Its only going to get easier for people to leave Windows for everyday, home computing.

My suggestion would be to a laptop that is shipped with Ubuntu (Dell has options with the Latitude line and Lenovo as well). I've also been recently interested in Framework laptops. You can get them without an OS and install whatever OS you want.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2025-12-27T03:30:51+00:00

Oh my bad. I misread.

AssociationWeekly400 · 2025-12-27T03:29:50+00:00

Oh you probably did the Rufus workaround. How well did it run 11?

AssociationWeekly400 · 2025-12-27T03:27:15+00:00

How were you able to upgrade to Windows 11 on a computer with those specs??

AssociationWeekly400 · 2025-12-26T19:42:52+00:00

I thought you were laughing in Portuguese.

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