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Hi guys. I'm actually studying Informatics Engineering and the University itself gave me a brand-new very capable laptop for programming propouses(i3/8gb/1TB) and it works fine.But in 2019 I must send it back for recycling propouses or for charity things. So I will need a laptop for programming and I really have one but is a 2010 AMD 64 Dual-Core 2.2 Ghz CPU with 3 gigs of ram. I'm planning on pumping it up, set it up with 8GB of ram, 512 GB SSD, new keyboard, battery,etc.

 

Is it worth it wasting around US$200 on that laptop? Or I just go with the easy way and buy a new i5/8GB for around US$800 (in my country)?

Thanks!

 

Things I do (? --> Python, C# (3000+ lines), Java, etc.

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6 minutes ago, Garcilazo said:

 

Should just get any older thinkpad T4xx or T5xx or really business machine with an i5 or i7 and replace the battery. Do not waste any money on that laptop.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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Don't waste money on that laptop, get a new one. Until you do though, just stick a lightweight linux distro on there, should be good for smaller projects.

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2 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Should just get any older thinkpad T4xx or T5xx or really business machine with an i5 or i7 and replace the battery. Do not waste any money on that laptop.

Was use t5 at work for coding. Means we can just move by putting our laptops in a dock.

 

I7, 8gb and some Nvidia card.

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1 minute ago, vorticalbox said:

Was use t5 at work for coding. Means we can just move by putting our laptops in a dock.

 

I7, 8gb and some Nvidia card.

If you're talking old laptops a GPU is probably just going to ruin your battery life.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

If you're talking old laptops a GPU is probably just going to ruin your battery life.

Our laptops are always docked so battery life really isn't an issue.

 

Without a gpu  you will be limited to 2 screens, so gpu is a nice to have for more work space.

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37 minutes ago, vorticalbox said:

Our laptops are always docked so battery life really isn't an issue.

 

Without a gpu  you will be limited to 2 screens, so gpu is a nice to have for more work space.

Why not get PC's when they are always docked :o

 

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Ah probably flex workspaces? 

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4 minutes ago, Cruorzy said:

Why not get PC's when they are always docked :o

 

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Ah probably flex workspaces? 

Exactly that. Sometimes we move around when work on projects.

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