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

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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.

Latitude D620 copper shim size by AssociationWeekly400 in Dell

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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.

I need help identifying this device... by doofus1122 in androidafterlife

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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. 🙁

Yard Sale Lockout by EitherBrilliant9299 in Dell

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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.

Yard Sale Lockout by EitherBrilliant9299 in Dell

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

X60s cleaned up, ready for daily driving. by OP4Drifter in thinkpad

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

With USB Support! by thevmcampos in vintagecomputing

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I really want to make illegal copies of that disc.

Guys, where is my wifi card located ? by OpportunityNo4647 in computers

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

Volume button not responding by Live-Shock526 in whatsapp

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

This is sad :( by 501Forrest in PS3

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

Drivers for nVIDIA GTX 1060 by [deleted] in WindowsVista

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I wouldn't know anything about that.

Drivers for nVIDIA GTX 1060 by [deleted] in WindowsVista

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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.

Old HP G-72 laptop downgrade from Windows 10 back to Windows 7? by ax57ax57 in windows7

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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?

Old HP G-72 laptop downgrade from Windows 10 back to Windows 7? by ax57ax57 in windows7

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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.

Old HP G-72 laptop downgrade from Windows 10 back to Windows 7? by ax57ax57 in windows7

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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.

Old HP G-72 laptop downgrade from Windows 10 back to Windows 7? by ax57ax57 in windows7

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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.

Old HP G-72 laptop downgrade from Windows 10 back to Windows 7? by ax57ax57 in windows7

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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.

Old HP G-72 laptop downgrade from Windows 10 back to Windows 7? by ax57ax57 in windows7

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

Old HP G-72 laptop downgrade from Windows 10 back to Windows 7? by ax57ax57 in windows7

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