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Core 2 duo is bearable until you run a browser. Overall, it is too weak machine to use modern software. "Macness" won't make things easier either. Give it some Mac fan and wash your hands.
Oh, but now OP will be motivated to test all the lights browsers.
Back when I did that, Midori was a clear winner in terms of usability. If you want to make the browser even lighter, you’ll start bumping into some pretty significant compromises. If you don’t use modern websites, you can actually get away with something like Netsurf or even Lynx.
Should be ok to remote into a more powerful machine. That's what I do with my oldies. That way the heavy lifting is handled elsewhere.
That is quite a rare type of usage. Those who need "thin client", already have one (modern and actually thin), those who don't -- don't have and don't need, let alone some old Mac.
Nothing fancy at my end. Just Rustdesk to my i7 laptop from other rooms in the house using Debian as the client. Works pretty well even from away, so I only have to maintain one 'good' computer.
So you use a laptop to connect to a laptop and think that many people should too? :)
That's peculiar... yes.
Well it saves the hassle of having to unplug the monitors, speakers etc, and it's accessible from anywhere I go. The i7 laptop is used more as a desktop.
I'm not saying others should - the point was that using a crappy computer is practical if it's not having to do the heavy lifting.