What do I do with an old laptop?

[Eric Dunbar]

On 2/20/06, Carthik Sharma <carthik at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a very old, Compaq Presario 1245 laptop, with a AMD-k6 333Mhz
> processor and 128 MB memory (4 gig HDD). Most importantly, perhaps, it
> does not have a ethernet adapter on it. It does have a PCI card slot,
> though.
>
> What is the best - or most creative - way to use it around the house?
> Does anyone have any tips as to what I can do with this laptop and
> how? Ubuntu runs fine on it.
>
> Would I rather be better off selling it on ebay for the 100-odd
> dollars the model seems to sell for?
>
> I heard of the picture frame thing on metafilter, but that holds no
> interest for me.
>
> Expecting some creative suggestions :)

Given that you know it works and you know it works well, I'll offer up
the not-so-creative solution of simply keeping it as a backup or as a
portable typewriter. You never know when your main machine goes down
and you absodesperatolutely need a functioning computer!

Eric.