I agree with that Steve says. Actually, your best bet is to replace the HDD with an SSD drive. You’ll be amazed at how much faster it runs. -David > On Dec 5, 2015, at 12:35 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Sat, 5 Dec 2015 11:24:40 -0700 > "Snyder, Alexander" wrote: > >> Howdy! >> >> I need some help pricing a laptop. It's 5 years old, but I had it >> custom made in 2010, to get the best out of it. >> >> It's a black, no-brand, Core i5, 15", 12GB DDR3, 120GB HDD. >> >> It came with 8GB of memory, but I upgraded it to 12 very recently. >> >> It's been my main Linux box, except for a 6 month span where I went >> "Slumming" with Win7, LOL. >> >> I'm thinking it's worth around $500, but I'd like your input! >> >> Here is a photo: >> https://goo.gl/photos/CrqMr7hZikbihXcF7 > > Hi Alex, > > Here's my input: > > Keep it. Never sell it. Use it til it drops. > > 12GB of RAM is almost never attainable new under $600, but people don't > care about RAM (except me). 120GB HD means very little room for VMs and > even data. The fact that it's a 2010 means it's probably built sturdier > than today's macbook air imitators, and that's a good thing. But not in > the marketplace. > > Here's my input --- go poking around /proc/cpuinfo and find out whether > it's set up for hardware virtualization. If so, get yourself a 5400 RPM > (for cool running) 1T disk and put it in there. IIRC by 2010 everyone > had switched from IDE to sata, so this should be no problem. You'll > have a kickass machine that maybe might get CPU bound a little more > than others. > > If you *really* want to speed this thing up, throw in a 256GB SSD, and > get an external USB spinning disk to hold big data. > > When you have a laptop that runs Linux, you have a very valuable asset: > A laptop you know for sure runs Linux. Keep it! > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > November 2015 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques > of the Successful Technologist > http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss