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Aaron
@aaron06.bsky.social
E-waste enjoyer
Hard drive caddy and new trackpoint arrived
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
You've not met my x61, it says hello
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
oops
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
i7-4810MQ and quadro k2100m, both socketed.
I believe it may be possible to put far newer mxm cards in here, but moths are flying out of my wallet
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
absolute behemoth of a fan keeping the CPU cool
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I was lucky enough to get the larger 97wh battery (apparently in excellent health too).
Even so, its discarding at an incredible rate just sitting in the bios
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Nothing more ideal really than a 3.2kg bruiser.
Teardown and mild refurbishment pictures to follow.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Realized I needed a vaguely modern 15 inch laptop but didnt want to fork up X1 Extreme money
November 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
With the sun setting on Windows 10 I am now faced with the dilemma of whether I should upgrade my desktop and various machines to Windows 11 or switch to Linux.
Difficult choice but its getting easier everytime I see Microsoft add another Ai slop feature.
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Super underrated laptops.
Mine has taken multiple trips to the floor and just keeps chugging
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
18 year old Ultrabook still does thin and light the old fashioned way
October 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Most careful DPD delivery
September 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
So anyways
September 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Gluing one of these onto a desktop PC to make my own desktop replacement laptop
September 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Just remembered that I am supposed to be a fiscally responsible adult
September 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
RIP my KZ's, they had a good 5 year run
August 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Straya
August 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Apple Studio
July 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Nothing like the thrill of working with high voltage

Sidenote: you get three points if you can figure out the model of the mystery CRT I am wrestling with
July 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Russian roulette but instead of a revolver it's me violently shaking my jar of inflated lithium ion cells
July 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Incredible mug score just happened
July 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
July 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Also this is the only computer I've owned that actively rejects XP, it yearns for Vista basic
July 8, 2025 at 6:06 AM
ultrabased
July 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Microlino
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM