Aug 11, 2023
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ibm thinkpad r51
Thrift Store Laptop
Welcome back fuckers to my tumble dryer. Today's garbage fire wonders how long I can keep this mostly-upbeat, mostly-grammatically-correct tone going.
A few days ago, I went to my local thrift store looking for one of those big 5-disc CD changer things that no one wants. I walked out of that store with one laptop and no CD changer.
I bought this IBM ThinkPad R51 for $24.99.
There was also a Panasonic Toughbook, but I don't want to spend $69.99 right now.
After getting it home, suffering to get it open, and viewing the very intact thermal paste,
After suffering to put it back together, likely breaking some things and having a screw left over, it workie!
Complete with personal files, sensitive information, and a probable virus! Yippee!
But yeah. It a ThinkPad. Intel Celeron M 350, 512MB DDR1-333, 40GB HDD, Win XP Pro, good screen, 2005.
Was this worth it? Eh. Do I have one more ThinkPad than I did before (zero)? Yes. Do I have a 5-disc CD changer? Still no.