Will Lenovo Thinkpad do the job?

bubblycrazy

Thanks, that was my thinking too. I've found another x270 i5 with 8GB, 256SSD and FHD screen for £279. It still just has the HD520 though, but I think it's worth purchasing even if I can't play merge dragons on it (curse my son for getting me addicted to that game  )

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bubblycrazy said:

Thanks, that was my thinking too. I've found another x270 i5 with 8GB, 256SSD and FHD screen for £279. It still just has the HD520 though, but I think it's worth purchasing even if I can't play merge dragons on it (curse my son for getting me addicted to that game  )

Just had a quick play with BlueStacks and Merge Dragons on a similar spec machine, totally playable, it really doesn't use much CPU/Graphics.

HereToday

bubblycrazy said:

Thanks, so you don't think it will work just updating it directly on the laptop?

How many times do you need to be told? The drive is failing. Let it sink in. Replace the drive or scrap the laptop.

bubblycrazy

HereToday said:

bubblycrazy said:

Thanks, so you don't think it will work just updating it directly on the laptop?

How many times do you need to be told? The drive is failing. Let it sink in. Replace the drive or scrap the laptop.

I thought your previous post was explaining how to update the old hard drive to windows using a usb, thus the question. But you meant how to do it on a new SDD? My mistake! 
Thanks, I'll look at those instructions if I end up purchasing a new SSD.  

HereToday

bubblycrazy said:

HereToday said:

bubblycrazy said:

Thanks, so you don't think it will work just updating it directly on the laptop?

How many times do you need to be told? The drive is failing. Let it sink in. Replace the drive or scrap the laptop.

I thought your previous post was explaining how to update the old hard drive to windows using a usb, thus the question. But you meant how to do it on a new SDD? My mistake! 
Thanks, I'll look at those instructions if I end up purchasing a new SSD.  

Sorry OP, mixed your thread with a currently running one. 
No upgrading over the top. Clean install is best. You can try it with the current HDD if you like. But there is something that you should do firstly. Will send you a PM.
Laptop can still keep going for years, even with a line across the screen.
Though if you do go for an SSD, there is the possibility that you will be able to repurpose it even when the laptop eventually fails. So not really a gamble.

CoastingHatbox

HereToday said:

bubblycrazy said:

Thanks, so you don't think it will work just updating it directly on the laptop?

How many times do you need to be told? The drive is failing. Let it sink in. Replace the drive or scrap the laptop.

Unless I've missed it, I'm not sure how we've established that?

Yes something is wrong ... no one has asked the OP about diagnostics because they said they were looking at buying a replacement laptop.

And personally, I'm on the fence. The old one is probably good enough if upgraded with an SSD, but for how long? It might be time to invest in a newer one and donate the old one to a recyling scheme to help someone learning from home. It really depends on how the OP feels?

HereToday

CoastingHatbox said:

HereToday said:

bubblycrazy said:

Thanks, so you don't think it will work just updating it directly on the laptop?

How many times do you need to be told? The drive is failing. Let it sink in. Replace the drive or scrap the laptop.

Unless I've missed it, I'm not sure how we've established that?

Yes something is wrong ... no one has asked the OP about diagnostics because they said they were looking at buying a replacement laptop.

And personally, I'm on the fence. The old one is probably good enough if upgraded with an SSD, but for how long? It might be time to invest in a newer one and donate the old one to a recyling scheme to help someone learning from home. It really depends on how the OP feels?

That was me mixing this thread with the other one with the failing HDD. But don't tell anyone

bubblycrazy

HereToday said:
Sorry OP, mixed your thread with a currently running one.  

No upgrading over the top. Clean install is best. You can try it with the current HDD if you like. But there is something that you should do firstly. Will send you a PM.

That's ok HereToday. I got your PM, thank you very much! 
I do actually thing the HDD will fail at some point which is why I've spent the last two days putting photos on google and emailing documents to myself.

CoastingHatbox said:

And personally, I'm on the fence. The old one is probably good enough if upgraded with an SSD, but for how long? It might be time to invest in a newer one and donate the old one to a recyling scheme to help someone learning from home. It really depends on how the OP feels?

I was actually wondering if there was such a scheme so thanks for mentioning it. How would I go about doing this?