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What can I do with my super old laptop?
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Anything that requires GPU decoding will be choppy as it doesn't support modern codex. However, assuming graphics acceleration working you should be able to browse the internet. Just make sure you have a SSD and some swap.
I tried setting up luks on one of these devices and it did work but the IO performance was slow due to the lack of CPU acceleration for modern cryptography. (That's the theme of older devices)