I was looking for a solid workhorse type of laptop. Mainly for a garage laptop, pull up youtube videos or forum postings, download torrents and HDMI output to a TV.
I came across my old Dell Inspiron 1525, came with vista installed, i did a win7 update. This has to be a 2007-2008 model year, $500 bargain bin at the time. I gave it to my brother when i bought a new one and he gave it back maybe 2012.
Specs are roughly...
Pentium Dual Core T2370 @ 1.86ghz
2GB of DDR2 ram @ 667mhz (2x1gb)
Wonderful 15.4in screen with 1280x800 resolution.
160gb SATA @ 5400RPM
4 cell 48whr battery.... battery is shot. 15 minutes of battery life on full charge.
expressslot.
I'm thinking i can turn this thing into a nice little workhorse for $50-85 in parts. This laptop is amazing to take apart, I pulled the plastic panel off the bottom (6-8 screws) and i have access to the RAM, wifi card and CPU! 2 screws and i pull the hard drive out!
4gb (2x2gb) used ram runs about $12 on ebay.
new ebay china battery runs about $20
250gb SSD no name stuff $ 35
T8300 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo CPU $ 10
This puts me at $77 total shipped off ebay parts to make it somewhat solid.
My biggest debate right now is if its worth it or should i just spend like $350 on a Walmart special. I assume Walmart laptop has a 2-3 year lifespan. My dell dinosaur.... who knows. But $77 vs $350, the money i can save now and spring for an XPS13 2019 would be nice. Even tho i would not use it in the garage. Thoughts on this.... would this still be a slug from 2008? Like i dont need 350hp twin-turbo v6 power, but a modern 200hp 4 cylinder would be nice and not the 60hp geo metro i have now.
I came across my old Dell Inspiron 1525, came with vista installed, i did a win7 update. This has to be a 2007-2008 model year, $500 bargain bin at the time. I gave it to my brother when i bought a new one and he gave it back maybe 2012.
Specs are roughly...
Pentium Dual Core T2370 @ 1.86ghz
2GB of DDR2 ram @ 667mhz (2x1gb)
Wonderful 15.4in screen with 1280x800 resolution.
160gb SATA @ 5400RPM
4 cell 48whr battery.... battery is shot. 15 minutes of battery life on full charge.
expressslot.
I'm thinking i can turn this thing into a nice little workhorse for $50-85 in parts. This laptop is amazing to take apart, I pulled the plastic panel off the bottom (6-8 screws) and i have access to the RAM, wifi card and CPU! 2 screws and i pull the hard drive out!
4gb (2x2gb) used ram runs about $12 on ebay.
new ebay china battery runs about $20
250gb SSD no name stuff $ 35
T8300 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo CPU $ 10
This puts me at $77 total shipped off ebay parts to make it somewhat solid.
My biggest debate right now is if its worth it or should i just spend like $350 on a Walmart special. I assume Walmart laptop has a 2-3 year lifespan. My dell dinosaur.... who knows. But $77 vs $350, the money i can save now and spring for an XPS13 2019 would be nice. Even tho i would not use it in the garage. Thoughts on this.... would this still be a slug from 2008? Like i dont need 350hp twin-turbo v6 power, but a modern 200hp 4 cylinder would be nice and not the 60hp geo metro i have now.