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Originally Posted by meeera
Trailing edge as in already obsolete. It's a pre-M1 model.
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Laptops are not obsolete or trailing edge unless you can't get a currently supported OS, of any description, for them. A 32 bit Intel/AMD is nearly that as Linux Mint 20.x is 64 bits only. However Linux Mint 19.3 does have 32 bit support till 2023. It actually runs better on a 2002 Intel P4 mobile (32 bits) than on a 2019 Atom (in 32 bit or 64 bits versions).
Or if the laptop is too slow. Many Atom based netbooks and tablets were too slow from new.
Also ideally an M1 Apple needs all new programs compiled for ARM. I remember Apple 68000 and PowerPC laptops; and later versions of MAC OS8
ran only on PowerPC.
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Originally Posted by meeera
I have middle-aged eyes. I can open two A4 PDFs (medical papers, not huge-font stuff), side by side, and I find them readable.
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Reading glasses are great. Also the second time I increase font size on an ebook on my Libra I know it's time to go to sleep.