Laptop for Grandad .. again!

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  • that
    that Posts: 1,532 Forumite
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    There is a way, al-bee it non standard, left field, and i would not do it, but best budget option and to make the laptop perform... Puppy Linux. It will do everything you want to do and fast too all on a bootable usb stick or cd. Very virus and spyware resistant too. It does look windows-ish too, possibly more than 10 does to windows 7 users.

    I have to ask, does he want a laptop? small screen, smaller keys on keyboard. Would a desktop not be better?
  • EveryWhere
    EveryWhere Posts: 3,249 Forumite
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    J_B wrote: »
    Don't usually agree with you ;):p:D but this time, I think you are right!


    What's the best 'budget' option?

    Nothing much around at the moment.

    If this; https://mcscom.co.uk/product/dell-inspiron-15-3558-i3-5005u-2-0ghz-4gb-500gb-15-6-hd-win-10-1yrs-rtb-wty-mln120/ was a doddle to upgrade to SSD, I would say consider it for around £225 including SSD. But it isn't, so don't. :)

    Wait to see what appears perhaps.
  • AndyPix
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    Agreed with above ..


    Dont bother upgrading that old thing, it's always going to be garbage..


    For context, i used to work at siemens - and even they dont use their own kit !!
  • EveryWhere
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    AndyPix wrote: »
    Agreed with above ..


    Dont bother upgrading that old thing, it's always going to be garbage..


    For context, i used to work at siemens - and even they dont use their own kit !!

    To be fair, he's had ten to eleven years out of it and it's still working.

    They could upgrade the CPU to a T5500, install 4 GB of RAM and the SSD.

    CPU perhaps £3, RAM £11.73 SSD £25

    £40 in total will make it more usable for browsing and simple office tasks.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-T5500-2M-Cache-1-66-GHz-667-MHz-FSB-CPU-ONLY-WARRANTY-/331824185295
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Memory-Ram-laptop-Notepad-DDR2-PC2-5300-667MHz-200-pin-SODIMM-Non-ECC-Lot-/232746374524
  • AndyPix
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    ^^ yeah - thats true , i just see this endevour as polishing a turd though ..
    Talking about £3 cpu's etc :/


    OP - does grandad have a budget in mind ?
  • J_B
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    debitcardmayhem wrote: »
    Bob’s your uncle it’s all relative for browsing/email it comes down to broadband/modem:eek: speed. In this case grandad could me my age and thinks as I do faster means I can do more with my one finger typing:rotfl:
    LOL
    1) Bob is not my uncle, he'd Grandad's brother :D
    2) Broadband (standard ADSL) is about 7 Meg
    3) don't know your age ;)
    4) Maybe he does two finger typing!! :rotfl:

    EveryWhere wrote: »
    Nothing much around at the moment.

    If this; https://mcscom.co.uk/product/dell-inspiron-15-3558-i3-5005u-2-0ghz-4gb-500gb-15-6-hd-win-10-1yrs-rtb-wty-mln120/ was a doddle to upgrade to SSD, I would say consider it for around £225 including SSD. But it isn't, so don't.
    The last twice my 'clients' have bought stuff from there, they had to send it back :o

    AndyPix wrote: »
    OP - does grandad have a budget in mind ?
    I think not, but if he could get something for around £200, he would be delighted I reckon.
  • EveryWhere
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    J_B wrote: »
    LOL
    1) Bob is not my uncle, he'd Grandad's brother :D
    2) Broadband (standard ADSL) is about 7 Meg
    3) don't know your age ;)
    4) Maybe he does two finger typing!! :rotfl:



    The last twice my 'clients' have bought stuff from there, they had to send it back :o



    I think not, but if he could get something for around £200, he would be delighted I reckon.

    That seems unlucky. What I've received from them was 'as new' and excellent value.
    What happened on the two occasions about which you know?
  • EveryWhere
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    AndyPix wrote: »
    ^^ yeah - thats true , i just see this endevour as polishing a turd though ..
    Talking about £3 cpu's etc :/


    OP - does grandad have a budget in mind ?

    £3 CPU allows the install of Windows 7 64 bit. RAM and SSD will bring the spec up to a nine year old Toshiba that I use. Which actually does all I need it to do.
    But ten to eleven years old is really pushing it. :)
  • J_B
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    EveryWhere wrote: »
    That seems unlucky. What I've received from them was 'as new' and excellent value.
    What happened on the two occasions about which you know?
    First one the charger port was broken
    2nd one, can't really remember - but to resolve it you had to take the back off to remove the battery to drain the system of charge - not really practical! It wouldn't switch on! :(
  • J_B
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    Would this do?


    http://www.argos.co.uk/product/8100524
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