Oh yeah should mention; Krita's been my main for 10+ years at this point. Had far less issues with it than other programs I've tried (be it software or 'business-practices' related). Unless I get a job that requires otherwise, I think it'll always remain my top choice

not much has happened yet. Had to crack open my old laptop earlier to check something, but it's running fine now

huh, good to know. SSDs really are like magic for older hardware

i think a large part of the slowness it had previously was HDD speeds though. But I feel like even if this thing still ran windows 10 it'd still take longer to boot based on all the stuff it does on startup alone.

i'm honestly kinda upset with myself rn. Like yeah it's not my main machine but I don't want to burn it out. I just hope I didn't damage it too bad...

It's honestly kind of beautiful when you think about it; these old devices that were cutting edge at their time, that you're told to just throw out, are still good enough for modern use. Just gotta put it on a different OS