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walrus01yesterday at 9:59 PM2 repliesview on HN

This is probably off topic to the browser itself, but a mac of that age due to its limited capabilities is probably best used as a thin client to a modern desktop environment (like a full screen VNC-over-SSH session to a x session and desktop environment running on a linux server) and will be overall a better experience. The screen, keyboard and mouse may be totally fine to use as a thin client.


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Dwedityesterday at 11:16 PM

Some of these browsers for older systems will pretend to be a mobile browser. Sites might have a lighter mobile version than desktop version.

hagbard_cyesterday at 10:28 PM

Better still is to install some Linux on the machine which will make it useable for normal daily tasks. I'm typing this on a 'late 2009' 27" iMac running Debian, on longer train trips I'm using a 2011 Macbook Air also running Debian. No special browsers needed, just install Firefox.

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