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@sacredhart and others. It's always worthwhile considering upgrading your existing desktop/laptop and it's a fairly simple process. I'm not in an IT role but I did the following with my circa 10 year old Acer desktop:
- download Speccy (or some other equivalent) a free programme that identifies all your existing components
- using this I identified that I could increase my RAM from 6GB to 8GB (2 x 4GB is the max that the motherboard will allow). RAM at those low levels is as cheap as chips
- I also checked the various processors that my existing motherboard would allow and upgraded from an Intel Core i3-3240 to a second hand Intel Core i5-3330 I had spotted on Amazon for less than £50
- I added an SSD and use it as the boot drive
It's all good now and super whizzy even when editing large video files which had been it's shortfall previously.
- download Speccy (or some other equivalent) a free programme that identifies all your existing components
MTB-Idle
sacredhart
Mrs sacreds laptop needs replacing. I have no idea what I'm doing. She uses it for working from home, writing reports, web browsing etc no gaming or anything too taxing. She is currently using a Dell we bought 8 years ago for £350.
Is this any good? I was previously recommended the Dell outlet on here.
https://outlet.euro.dell.com/Online/SecondaryInventorySearch.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdfh1&l=en&s=dfh&sign=PXhcOSHtr1T4IOw%2fPR7UddxtSp9UBLqw0BVdSE1IW6RyshpreDlp0vzAuzXnl2uYwvvJCMgwusgplhTMvFitXksSJUT3%2fJAnVIS54v66h66EEtUKAd4zBP9rHuWHrO3UCTv85pQbZxIF%2bZs96yvEgwSzy2M2k%2fvaPhSUZ7GDxAk0BGv0rZZhqTsOtB0%2fISyhP8VMPu8Uu273k7xW6UzPVrm%2bEYEP9ro3Pn4ign%2fpoZ3lbb8JZpYSPbCYEJPyi%2b85f2hWqOC5s6s%3d