I was recently given an old IBM i-series Thinkpad by someone who I work with and after having to salvage a cd-rom from another old Thinkpad (which had a busted screen) it works quite well.
No network, wireless or otherwise, and a busted modem. But it works.
And I replaced the existing WinXP with Puppy Linux.
Which runs like a charm. It’s a small system, picks up my hardware and my wireless pc card without any struggle and is perfect for Writing with so I don’t have to steal away Ruthy’s laptop whenever I’m out at a writing meet.
Bliss.
BigAl
Glad it’s working well for you