early_riser@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoMy 15-year old panasonic toughbook is hanging in there as a proxmox serverlemmy.worldimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1199arrow-down1imageMy 15-year old panasonic toughbook is hanging in there as a proxmox serverlemmy.worldearly_riser@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNate Cox@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoI use a 2015 MacBook pro. The screen was busted so I removed it and disabled the lid switch. Works great. Downside to laptop as your homelab: got that spicy pillow now permanently plugged in. Maybe consider pulling out the battery.
minus-squareearly_riser@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoI also have a 2015 MBP lying fallow in my closet. Do you have any suggestions for turning it into a server? Are you using MacOS still or have you installed something else?
I use a 2015 MacBook pro. The screen was busted so I removed it and disabled the lid switch. Works great.
Downside to laptop as your homelab: got that spicy pillow now permanently plugged in. Maybe consider pulling out the battery.
I also have a 2015 MBP lying fallow in my closet. Do you have any suggestions for turning it into a server? Are you using MacOS still or have you installed something else?