Revamp your old Windows laptop or computer (Apley TF1)

Extend the life of your "old" Windows 7,8 or 10 laptop or computer!

This is a FREE SERVICE to revamp your old, slow Windows laptop or computer by installing the beginner-friendly, modern, fully supported Linux Mint system instead. Linux Mint is fully supported by community volunteers, and will receive updates for this version until 2029, when the current new version can then be installed, again for free.

Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025. Computers still running windows 10 after that date will no longer receive important bug fixes and security updates, leaving users increasingly vulnerable to malware, viruses and unable to get support in the event of problems. A lot of computers can't be upgraded to Windows 11 because they lack special hardware that this version requires, but are otherwise perfectly usable and with Linux installed will work well for years to come.

How it works:

You drop off your old laptop with us, and we will install Linux Mint on it, and you can collect it again a few days later, ready to go. You must make sure you take a backup of any data, documents, pictures or other files you want to preserve to a USB device, prior to the upgrade, as all data on the computer will be erased during the upgrade process. We can help you to restore the data afterwards.

I can offer this service for MOST Windows based computers as long as they are less than about 15 years old and meet Linux Mint's minimum hardware specs (which are quite low).

Unfortunately I CANNOT OFFER THIS SERVICE for Apple computers, laptops or tablets, Microsoft Surface tablets, Google Chrome OS laptops, or some, rare "net book" laptops.