Upgrade ancient tech, Do or Don't?

[Zephyrus_47]

i have two sisters who got (budget) laptops when going to college (2010). Now both laptops batteries are refusing to charge and are both incredibly slowed down after years of use. Now that they are finishing they are more open to wiping and refreshing the system.

 

Basically i want to put an SSD in each laptop and install a clean OS

 

the laptop specs are similar - Dell inspiron N5010
 Intel Core i3 330M
 Intel GMA 4500MHD  

 

Is it worth it on such a processor or should we just buy a new laptop and if so whats a great budget laptop whose only use is emails, facebook, MS Word and watching videos? 

 

budget 300~500? lower is better

[MblaZe7run]

2010? 5 year old laptop? Get a new one, it'll last about 3 years, put an SSD in it in 3 years, it'll last 3 more.

[Comessy]

well for those uses maybe a HP Stream on Chromebook and just use google docs instead of word

[Stardar1]

If you can find the Yoga for cheap i highly recommend it

[simson0606]

sure i installed a ssd in a pentium dual core laptop (my mom's) and it's very snappy so i'd guess the i3 will be even better. also you can replace the battery for a new one and you'll be golden for some years (you can also take the ssd out again when the laptop decides to give up

[EpicAdom]

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You would need to replace the batteries for the battery life to not suck. I would just get new laptops because you would have to buy new batteries and ssds for them to be decent.

[Zephyrus_47]

2010? 5 year old laptop? Get a new one, it'll last about 3 years, put an SSD in it in 3 years, it'll last 3 more.

well if i can find something really cheap but better than what it is presently i will get a new one but we were looking for the cheapest possible solution (still looking for jobs)

 

well for those uses maybe a HP Stream on Chromebook and just use google docs instead of word

i won't call my sisters ancient but they aren't exactly tech savvy and I'm afraid anything other than Windows will fry their brains.

 

If you can find the Yoga for cheap i highly recommend it

Dang its still a little expensive for them cheapest is around $800.  :mellow:

 

sure i installed a ssd in a pentium dual core laptop (my mom's) and it's very snappy so i'd guess the i3 will be even better. also you can replace the battery for a new one and you'll be golden for some years (you can also take the ssd out again when the laptop decides to give up

Lol i think this will be the way to go just need a few years anyways then they can buy a baller one. Well at least the CPU wont be the bottleneck lol

 

You would need to replace the batteries for the battery life to not suck. I would just get new laptops because you would have to buy new batteries and ssds for them to be decent.

Well i guess i forgot to mention ..... both laptops have no batteries in them .... lol one died last year and the other about a month ago, running on wall juice only lol 

and well if you know about any good laptops around $300 (approximately cost of ssd + battery + $100)  then sure we'll buy a new one if not i guess we'll do some minor changes just to rally out a few years

[EpicAdom]

Well i guess i forgot to mention ..... both laptops have no batteries in them .... lol one died last year and the other about a month ago, running on wall juice only lol 

and well if you know about any good laptops around $300 (approximately cost of ssd + battery + $100)  then sure we'll buy a new one if not i guess we'll do some minor changes just to rally out a few years

Just take a look at HP (or any other decently reliable brand) laptops with AMD A4/A6 APU's or Intel Pentium processors in them. Those chips are quad core and have solid integrated graphics.

 

EDIT: Here's a dell for $280 with a quad core Haswell Pentium. That's the best one I could find.

[Zephyrus_47]

Just take a look at HP (or any other decently reliable brand) laptops with AMD A4/A6 APU's or Intel Pentium processors in them. Those chips are quad core and have solid integrated graphics.

 

EDIT: Here's a dell for $280 with a quad core Haswell Pentium. That's the best one I could find.

well i guess we're buying two new laptops lol thanks a lot 

[EpicAdom]

well i guess we're buying two new laptops lol thanks a lot 

Glad to help

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