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   On 17/12/2025 10:01, Jeff Gaines wrote:   
   >   
   > I have a Toshiba WT 310, i5 3439Y @ 1.5 GHz 4 GB RAM. 11.5" touch screen.   
   >   
   > It runs (actually walks slowly) Windows 8.1 and has always proved too   
   > slow to do anything useful.   
      
   Probably on a slow 4200 rpm disc. SSD upgrade?   
      
   >   
   > I have tried to set it up as a book reader but it's really too slow for   
   > that.   
      
   Make it a thin client and do the heavy lifting and storage somewhere else?   
      
   Other than that, locally installed anything with XCFE.   
      
   Getting hardware accelerated graphics out of the chipset is key.   
      
   Years ago with older hardware it was about getting performance out of   
   flash in a browser, but thankfully we are past that.   
      
      
      
   I have similar old libretto / NB100 sized laptops*.   
      
   I quite fancy a project removing the motherboard, and replacing it with   
   a custom one running something Pi. Got no time.... and the fun in doing   
   that is greater than the fun in using it (unless it became a home   
   automation remote control), being that I'm drowned in very affordable   
   ultraportable Core i5/i7 these days with amazing battery life and cheap   
   spares.   
      
      
   * I have junk. I have a problem.   
      
   --   
   Adrian C   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)