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Apple's product specs read like an advertising blurb instead of giving actual specifics. Try EveryMac. https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i5-2.3-13-early-2011-unibody-thunderbolt-specs.html The 2011 Macbook Pros are the oldest Macs I consider "modern". They...

Technically, it can work. We had an unplugged speaker suddenly start playing radio broadcasts (distorted but recognizable). The speaker cable plugged into it was acting as an antenna and picking up the signals, which the speaker then turned into sound. Practically, it's unlikely to work and...

More than likely the battery is dead. Putting a battery through charge/discharge cycles slowly damages it. The damage shows up in terms of how much current the battery is able to put out. The more damage, the less current it can output. During the early stages of battery failure, the reduced...

The fact that the previews play suggest this isn't a problem with the DVD player's hardware, nor the DVD. The movie on a commercial DVD is encrypted with something called CSS (content scrambling system). The details are unimportant here, except that it's a standard key/certificate system...

The first computer my parents bought for me was an Atari 400. It had a membrane keyboard, with a speaker underneath that would click every time you "pressed" a key, to simulate the feel of a keyclick. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membrane_keyboard Membrane keyboards sucked. The problem is...

If you have proof you bought it, not your ex, this sounds more like a matter for the police or small claims court. The key word here is "conversion" - the legal definition for assuming control of property which doesn't belong to you. It's akin to theft...

This sounds like the laptop's LCD is still working and detected, it's just incapable of displaying anything. And the computer is defaulting to using it instead of the external display. You probably need to install some drivers to get the laptop's Fn hotkeys working so you can switch between...

Assuming this is the same model, it looks like there's supposed to be a small piece that sticks on to the end of the DVD drive, which has a tab that the motherboard screw passes through. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mERXLRcIcGs

I suspect it's never going to work again. This TV seems to be over a decade old. Standalone devices like this typically did not include a processor capable of decoding streamed video in real time. Instead, they rely on a hardware decoder built into an embedded GPU to do the decoding...

The K400 is adequate for short text entry like when searching for shows. But the keyboard feel is rubbish compared to a desktop or even a laptop keyboard. Shouldn't be a problem unless you're planning to write an essay on it. Just be aware of what to expect. I dunno if the newer K400+ has...

Even if your Blu-ray player doesn't have smart TV functionality, you can buy a Roku or Fire TV or Chromecast or Apple TV and plug that into an extra HDMI port on your TV. Those are just small computers which have apps for streaming from the major services like Netflix, Hulu, etc. In my...

If these are the right specs for your laptop, then there's not much you can do. Looks like a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo (T5800), 3 GB of RAM (4 GB max), 320GB 5400 RPM SATA drive. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/320296/Sony-Vaio-Vgn-Cr590.html Moving from 3GB to 4GB won't be much help. I suspect...