On Sat, 5 Dec 2015 11:24:40 -0700
"Snyder, Alexander" <
alex@misteralexander.com> 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
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