Writerdeck.org

Post by jamesgill » Sat, Nov 15, 2025, 7:10 PM UTC

staticman2 wrote: post #59

jamesgill wrote: post #43

My 'writer deck' is an old 11" 2014 Macbook Air with no wifi enabled, running Linux Mint. It only has a few apps. Beautiful machine, works perfectly. I paid $35 for it. And by 'no wifi enabled', I mean it's not enabled in the OS, so I can't even be tempted to turn it on. When I need to sync files/update, I have a USB ethernet dongle. I love refurbishing old Macbooks/ThinkPads, and I always tell people just buy one, c…

I have an old MacBook Air from that era I could boot up. But don't the screens get dimmer over time? I guess it doesn't effect the functionality in any way.

Post by bitwize » Sun, Nov 16, 2025, 1:49 AM UTC

dv35z wrote: post #56

bitwize wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Expensive: Daylight Computer. Less expensive: PineNote. Pair with a Bluetooth keyboard.

Meant to mention in my requirements: No Bluetooth! :)