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Using an old laptop for piracy (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ninakuup21@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Hello people I recently acquired an old(er) laptop through my workplace. I was initially planning on running a Pi-hole on it but after installing it I noticed that my router is causing issues with the Pi-hole so I gave up on that idea.

Now if I were to decide on dedicating it for piracy, would I be able to do anything that isn't viable on a general use PC that would make it less likely for these piracy activities to have legal and/or financial ramifications on me? Or would it be no different than using the PC I use for my everyday stuff?

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[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Compared to what options options?

PC desktop? Usually about 25% less power.

Commercial equipment? Home users are normally using older equipment that sucks a lot of power.

NUC? Laptop is probably more power.

Generally speaking the "newness" of any given hardware is the key factor in power to performance ratios (such to say a newer chip will generally be more energy efficient than and older one, per calculation performed)