[timonoko]

One and only problem with old Laptops is that you cannot just replace the CDROM-drive with Raspberry Pi and call it a day. Because VNC is too slow. There must be some handy way to connect the display. I know you can order HDMI-to-display boards from Alibaba, but this requires dismantling the laptop. Not handy enuff I say.

Edit: I know exactly what would be the optimal solution and it is two-port SATA drive. Rasberry and the old Laptop would share the same drive. Even I could write necessary routines starting from "scrot". And other I/O like keyboard and touchpad would be equally easy. But no two-port drives in Ebay.