<p dir="ltr">If you look at Amazon you can find refurb laptops for 200 to 250 for very similar specs. For me to be interested (as an example) I would want to know how much life it would have left. Does it have an msata slot? Can it be expanded in some way. I would not suggest pouring money into it to make it sell unless you have the parts spare. An for me a 5400rpm drive is a turn off. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Take advantage of the fact it is an unknown brand and look for the things it can do that a Dell might not. It might help you keep the numbers up. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 5, 2015 12:39 PM, "David Schwartz" <<a href="mailto:newsletters@thetoolwiz.com">newsletters@thetoolwiz.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I agree with that Steve says.<br>
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Actually, your best bet is to replace the HDD with an SSD drive.<br>
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You’ll be amazed at how much faster it runs.<br>
<br>
-David<br>
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> On Dec 5, 2015, at 12:35 PM, Steve Litt <<a href="mailto:slitt@troubleshooters.com">slitt@troubleshooters.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> On Sat, 5 Dec 2015 11:24:40 -0700<br>
> "Snyder, Alexander" <<a href="mailto:alex@misteralexander.com">alex@misteralexander.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Howdy!<br>
>><br>
>> I need some help pricing a laptop. It's 5 years old, but I had it<br>
>> custom made in 2010, to get the best out of it.<br>
>><br>
>> It's a black, no-brand, Core i5, 15", 12GB DDR3, 120GB HDD.<br>
>><br>
>> It came with 8GB of memory, but I upgraded it to 12 very recently.<br>
>><br>
>> It's been my main Linux box, except for a 6 month span where I went<br>
>> "Slumming" with Win7, LOL.<br>
>><br>
>> I'm thinking it's worth around $500, but I'd like your input!<br>
>><br>
>> Here is a photo:<br>
>> <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/CrqMr7hZikbihXcF7" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/photos/CrqMr7hZikbihXcF7</a><br>
><br>
> Hi Alex,<br>
><br>
> Here's my input:<br>
><br>
> Keep it. Never sell it. Use it til it drops.<br>
><br>
> 12GB of RAM is almost never attainable new under $600, but people don't<br>
> care about RAM (except me). 120GB HD means very little room for VMs and<br>
> even data. The fact that it's a 2010 means it's probably built sturdier<br>
> than today's macbook air imitators, and that's a good thing. But not in<br>
> the marketplace.<br>
><br>
> Here's my input --- go poking around /proc/cpuinfo and find out whether<br>
> it's set up for hardware virtualization. If so, get yourself a 5400 RPM<br>
> (for cool running) 1T disk and put it in there. IIRC by 2010 everyone<br>
> had switched from IDE to sata, so this should be no problem. You'll<br>
> have a kickass machine that maybe might get CPU bound a little more<br>
> than others.<br>
><br>
> If you *really* want to speed this thing up, throw in a 256GB SSD, and<br>
> get an external USB spinning disk to hold big data.<br>
><br>
> When you have a laptop that runs Linux, you have a very valuable asset:<br>
> A laptop you know for sure runs Linux. Keep it!<br>
><br>
> SteveT<br>
><br>
> Steve Litt<br>
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> of the Successful Technologist<br>
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