Fun uses for an old ThinkPad?

[jimrz]

Throw Lubuntu on it. Ive got a laptop with similar specs and similar problems (no battery) and it runs Lubuntu like a champion.

+1 ... have my old TP 600x PIII 500 / 384Mb ram running Lubuntu 10.04 like a champ

[DangerOnTheRanger]

I would just use it as a netbook or something. I actually have a computer with almost identical specs, and I use it as a netbook.

I would restore it to it's former glory and install something like Crunchbang or Arch on it

<something about the punny sound crunchBANG and old computers goes here>