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		zikduruqe on May 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can a laptop from 2012 be a viable home server? https://hackaday.com/2012/11/02/laptop-motherboard-reborn-as... I ran a Dell D630 for a number of years without issue.

yokoprime on May 10, 2022 [–]

I ran a D620 24/7 as a server from 2010-ish to 2019. For some messed up reason i loaded it with Windows server 2008R2 or some crap like that. Never bothered to re-provision it. When I eventually replaced it with 2 rPIs, the closet where it lived dropped quite a bit in temperature.

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