17 Easiest Ways to Repurpose Your Old Laptop

So you’ve bought yourself a new computer and suddenly there’s no place for your old one in your home. You can always sell it, of course, but there are much more interesting ways to use your old laptop or desktop PC. Turn it into a home server. Instead of keeping all your files on your new computer’s hard drive, you can set up a home group and connect all your devices in a single network.

Then, make your old computer’s drive shared with the whole network, and everyone in your house will be able to view and use files stored on it, as well as share their own. This comes in especially handy when someone in your family has a device with low space — this way, they can always keep new files in the shared storage. You also can make a surveillance camera out of it. It might look weird, though, if you just hang your laptop outside the door, so you may want to rewire it a little bit and extract the camera first. So, not sure what to do with your old laptop? Here are some cool ways to reuse it.

#brightside

TIMESTAMPS:
Turn it into a home server 0:01
Make a surveillance camera out of it 0:45
Build a media center 1:22
Hang it on the wall 1:44
Make a digital photo frame 2:13
Rig a retro gaming station 2:33
Transform your laptop into a tablet 2:55
Make a remote network server 3:19
Experiment with a different OS 3:48
Get yourself a second monitor 4:19
Build a $5 projector 4:55
Set up a makeshift router 5:34
Play DVDs or Blu-ray discs 5:55
Use it on the road 6:22
Give it to your grandma or grandpa 6:47
Salvage the parts 7:53

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Hi there! Do you use a tablet or a laptop?

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Bright Side:"Use Your Old Laptop To Find Life on Other Planets"
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[regieturan]

Me: seeing the title and thumbnail
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[thechallenger]

Bro in India pc doesn't gets replaced until its not completely broken and cannot be repaired😂

[jamesrhandellcastillano]

My tablet only 5GB: that really hurts so much
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[YouTubeCity]

Bright Side: Use your old laptop

Me: I still use my old laptop lol

[raagamparmar]

Well, I reused my old HP laptop, disassembled it, removed the screen, took out the motherboard, made an acrylic case for the motherboard, painted the case black, attached a power button and made my own CPU from the laptop motherboard. I used the screen as a secondary display by adding display drivers to it and used the 480p webcam as another camera in my collection. I brutally performed a surgery of the CD driver (why? I was curious what was the inside of the machine...), thinking i would be able to put it back together, but never did so! XD (i threw away the CD driver)

Edit: I am now planning to us my 'BlackCPU' as a storage server for all my data and arduino codes!

[anonosait]

the reason why an old computer can find life be like: old computers were old enough that it saw life on other planets

[_trol]

My friend just finished a book "How to earn money" now he needs money to publish it

[youssefwalli]

Me drinking a smoothie:*sees title and spits it out*

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*I* *pray* *anyone* *that* *sees* *this* *is* *successful* *in* *life* 💰, ,

[anjaan_ke_kalam_se]

BRIGHT SIDE : Use Your Old Laptop to Find Life on Other Planets, See How
Me : Don't have any laptops or computers but still watching this. 😂🤣

[RenOcean]

Buying a new laptop using your computer is like digging your own computer's grave

[why]

The title: take your old laptop to see another life form on another planet

Me: intresting Ima watch it

The video: doing something i don't understand things

[miguelbaltazar]

Crazy. Why would I find life on _Mars?_

[jasonhuang]

Amazing facts bright side!!! Happy New Year 🎉🎈

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[Krimzan]

This was actually a very useful video thanks

[madisonmyers]

Thank you so helpful and hope everyone had a happy new year 🎆🎈🎊