What can I do with this laptop...?

Mal_nutrition · 12th October 2005, 1:49 PM

I have an old Toshiba 2520CDS laptop, Specs on it are:

Notebook Series Toshiba Satellite 2520CDS
AMD 300 MHZ
Memory 64 MB Ram
Hard Disk 4 GB
LCD 13.3" DSTN
Video Memory 2 MB On Board
1x USB/Infrared/2x Pcmcia Slot

It's been sitting in my room for 3 months now, and I haven't even fired it up. I'm just wondering can I put it to any good use, or is it too far past it's use by. It would need a Ram and HD upgrade to be put to good use, so If I could upgrade it cheaply enough I may consider it.

I already use my xbox as a movie/music type server, I was thinking some ram and maybe a 20gb hard drive, and run Bittorent on it, and network it straight to the xbox(if it has an ethernet port that is

) or something like that.

Any ideas? Can't really sell it incase the owner wants it back one day, though not likely.

Cheers

BenGDog3851 · 12th October 2005, 2:05 PM

carPC just for playing mp3s. (u can get software that boots off windows and makes it sorda like a jukebox (cant remember name) )

Mal_nutrition · 12th October 2005, 2:11 PM

Funny you mention that, I have a Pc sitting here already to go into the car for that purpose, now just saving for a 7" Touchscreen

BenGDog3851 · 13th October 2005, 9:11 AM

even if you get the touch screen as a primary monitor in ur car u could chop up the lappy and use its screen as a secondary (like flip down in the roof so ppl in the back can watch)

whirlybomber · 13th October 2005, 2:45 PM

set it up with 2 nic's and smoothwall or some other *nix, and use it as a firewall/gateway/server thingy.

12th October 2005, 2:05 PM	#2
BenGDog3851 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 345	carPC just for playing mp3s. (u can get software that boots off windows and makes it sorda like a jukebox (cant remember name) ) __________________ PC/Gateway/Proxy/DHCP/WINS/File/Folding Server: E6750, 4Gb RAM 120, 250 and 500GB hdds, 512mb 8800GTS in a Lian Li PC-A17. Sorda-Good Laptop: Dell Inspiron 6000, 1.86ghz, 2Gb ram, 80Gb drive and radeon x300 128mb card. Awsom Laptop: Macbook Pro, 2.6ghz dual core, 4Gb ram, 200Gb 7200rpm.

13th October 2005, 9:11 AM	#4
BenGDog3851 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 345	even if you get the touch screen as a primary monitor in ur car u could chop up the lappy and use its screen as a secondary (like flip down in the roof so ppl in the back can watch) __________________ PC/Gateway/Proxy/DHCP/WINS/File/Folding Server: E6750, 4Gb RAM 120, 250 and 500GB hdds, 512mb 8800GTS in a Lian Li PC-A17. Sorda-Good Laptop: Dell Inspiron 6000, 1.86ghz, 2Gb ram, 80Gb drive and radeon x300 128mb card. Awsom Laptop: Macbook Pro, 2.6ghz dual core, 4Gb ram, 200Gb 7200rpm.

13th October 2005, 2:45 PM	#5
whirlybomber Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Summer Hill Posts: 263	set it up with 2 nic's and smoothwall or some other *nix, and use it as a firewall/gateway/server thingy. __________________ well, i'll certainly agree that there's been an influx of crap into this thread. - Agg