A. Pre loading the laptop with data. (A book on how to make a laptop has more value than a laptop, so this isn't allowed)
B. Diverting from the question ie you obviously have total amnesia other than how to use the laptop.
Trying to beat going to a superpower and selling it to them. They couldn't fab the silicon for generations still I guess but they probably would get amazing ideas.
Also the software would be copyright free and advanced. The C compiler I assume would have some cool incites. Similarly if they know it's from the future(?) they could just accept standards without screwing around.
You might be able to use it to pawn the stock-market. Hire a mathematician. Since we are not being silly and using current information I'm unsure if mathematicians back then could just use addition processing power to make money? This might not work.
You could crack a lot of encryption for years, a good black hat team might be able to monetize this.
Spitballing - Easy to photoshop(gimp)images, blackmail ability? Illegal and easily caught so.... Use it on the stockmarket? Guess this is kinda possible today, possible to even print it back then?
I'd guess most value is in the algorithms on it. Patient troll your way to m/billions.
A. Pre loading the laptop with data. (A book on how to make a laptop has more value than a laptop, so this isn't allowed)
B. Diverting from the question ie you obviously have total amnesia other than how to use the laptop.
Trying to beat going to a superpower and selling it to them. They couldn't fab the silicon for generations still I guess but they probably would get amazing ideas.
Also the software would be copyright free and advanced. The C compiler I assume would have some cool incites. Similarly if they know it's from the future(?) they could just accept standards without screwing around.
You might be able to use it to pawn the stock-market. Hire a mathematician. Since we are not being silly and using current information I'm unsure if mathematicians back then could just use addition processing power to make money? This might not work.
You could crack a lot of encryption for years, a good black hat team might be able to monetize this.
Spitballing - Easy to photoshop(gimp)images, blackmail ability? Illegal and easily caught so.... Use it on the stockmarket? Guess this is kinda possible today, possible to even print it back then?
I'd guess most value is in the algorithms on it. Patient troll your way to m/billions.