Aluminum fatigues.  A 10 year of bike with a lot of miles could be getting towards the end of it life.  

It has a modern headset.  

Full suspension has come a long way in 10 years.

But 26" wheels.
I would rather have a hard tail 29".  

You would have to judge the parts based on inspection.  

With a leaky fork I would not do it period. 
How do you know it is not a big issues? 
Do you have a quote that it is a cheap repair?  

To me that is not the kind of bike you put a lot of money into.

Is an old mtb with replaced gear safe to buy?
I have 2 monitors, 1 desktop and 1 laptop. I would like to switch the display between desktop and laptop and want to use 2 monitors as extended monitor sources.
I see  there are lot of solutions to switch between 1 monitor sharing 2 sources but not for 2 monitors.

How about this? I will go with a switch that facilitates 2 sources 1 monitor, but I will attach a split to the switch and connect to the 2 monitors... is that going to work?
