Free Working Laptop (Broken Hinges)

[neu5eeCh]

Item: Acer Aspire One.

No HD. I removed the original HD with my own replacement SSD -- and am keeping the SSD.

What's wrong with it: Broken hinges, though they might be repairable with super glue or some clever screws.

Other than that, it's small and somewhat underpowered. 4 Gig Memory. I used to run KDE & Ubuntu on it. If you think you can use it, let me know and if the postage is reasonable, I'll send it. Otherwise, it will probably end up in a Chinese landfill where it will be picked over for rare earth metals, poisoning their kids, etc...

[Dragonbite]

What's the CPU speed? And is that 4GB or RAM? I thought most netbooks maxed out at 2.

[WinEunuchs2Unix]

Because he had an SSD which is newer (after year 2000 when they had 4 GB hard disks) I would assume 4 gb ram and 500gb hard drive could be installed as per this 2011 review by PC Magazine: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2396173,00.asp

Just a guess but guessing can be fun. Wait for his `real`answer.

[wildmanne39]

Hi VTPoet, if shipping is not to high I will be happy to take it and see if I can fix it and use it.
Thanks

[neu5eeCh]

Hi VTPoet, if shipping is not to high I will be happy to take it and see if I can fix it and use it.
Thanks

Wow. Sorry I didn't respond sooner. Out and up till 4 AM. The shipping will include a $300 handling charge --- just kidding. PM me where you're at, if you prefer, and I'll find out the price from the post office (and not a cent more).

In answer to questions: It came with 4G of Ram and a 320 Gig HD. I replaced the HD with an SSD (huge improvement); but the SSD was worth more (and cost more) than the laptop (yeah, I know, ridiculous) but I always knew I could re-use the SSD.

[Dragonbite]

The only reason I wondered about the 4 GB is because I have an old Gateway Netbook and it's maxed at 2GB. I find the CPU getting pegged at 100% more than the RAM all getting used up.

Just for the record, I put Ubuntu-mate on it and it works pretty well. Can't open a lot of things at once, and need a little patience when first opening a program but otherwise it works pretty good.

Was tempted, but my wife would kill me ... although would give me a reason to travel north!

[neu5eeCh]

I boxed it up but didn't have time to make it to the post office. I'll get a price tomorrow, then you can decide.

[neu5eeCh]

Was tempted, but my wife would kill me ... although would give me a reason to travel north!

Yeah, I keep bringing in stray computers like stray dogs. My wife barely tolerates my "computer kennel". As for 2 Gig systems -- you might also consider openbox-based Chromixium very lightweight.

[sypher2]

if he decides he doesnt want it, let me know ill pay the shipping if needed.

[wildmanne39]

@VTPoet, okay thanks a lot, just let me know what you find out.