Using old IT devices
Why?
IT devices do have a big embodied carbon footprint. It's important to use devices longer to decrease carbon emissions and to decrease the amount of E-Waste.
Laptops
How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops | LOWβTECH MAGAZINE
Kris De Decker is using a Thinkpad from 2006 with a new a battery, a SSD and Linux Lite.
On replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a Thinkpad T480 - Max Rozen
- replaced display: 1920x1080 IPS screen
- replaced battery: 72wh battery
- OS: Pop!_OS 22.04
- more RAM: 32GB RAM
- replaced Trackpad with the one from Thinkpad X1 Extreme
- replaced Network card: Intel AX210