Choppie
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Hey guys,
My GO TO laptop was stolen and I'm looking for some advice on a replacement.
I have possibly 5 beat-up laptops that are in ok condition that were for the most part, donations from clients when they upgraded to a new one. One laptop that was donated, was a Dell Inspiron 1721 and I fitted it with a nice 120GB SSD and 4gb of ram. It worked PERFECTLY for what I needed it for; Installed Adobe CS6 Master Collection with witch I used souliey for updating websites and general facebook stuff, including email--nothing more. The nice, large screen was perfect for using photoshp and dreamweaver. Well that's the laptop that got stolen and I'm looking to replace it.
I understand the Inspiron line is more or less the consumer models and aren't as durable as the other models, which is why I'm posting here.
I do need the 17" high resolution screen, but of my list below, what would you suggest I focus my dollars on.
NOTE: I'm looking to buy a used one on ebay.
Vostro, Latitude, Precision, Studio.
I haven't stayed up on the CPU models, so what chips should I want to look for? I have done some searching and found many nice deals in the 300 to 450 dollar range.
NOTE: no matter what the OS/hard drive is, I will be installing my own 240GB SSD and a fresh Windows 7 and dual boot with LINUX MINT 17.1
Thanks guys for this awesome forum...
Chippie
My GO TO laptop was stolen and I'm looking for some advice on a replacement.
I have possibly 5 beat-up laptops that are in ok condition that were for the most part, donations from clients when they upgraded to a new one. One laptop that was donated, was a Dell Inspiron 1721 and I fitted it with a nice 120GB SSD and 4gb of ram. It worked PERFECTLY for what I needed it for; Installed Adobe CS6 Master Collection with witch I used souliey for updating websites and general facebook stuff, including email--nothing more. The nice, large screen was perfect for using photoshp and dreamweaver. Well that's the laptop that got stolen and I'm looking to replace it.
I understand the Inspiron line is more or less the consumer models and aren't as durable as the other models, which is why I'm posting here.
I do need the 17" high resolution screen, but of my list below, what would you suggest I focus my dollars on.
NOTE: I'm looking to buy a used one on ebay.
Vostro, Latitude, Precision, Studio.
I haven't stayed up on the CPU models, so what chips should I want to look for? I have done some searching and found many nice deals in the 300 to 450 dollar range.
NOTE: no matter what the OS/hard drive is, I will be installing my own 240GB SSD and a fresh Windows 7 and dual boot with LINUX MINT 17.1
Thanks guys for this awesome forum...
Chippie