Why I ask is that these 240GB SSD drives give a huge boost for the money. I have this 2006 Dell Inspiron 1505 with 2GB RAM and for the HDD we slipped in the 120GB 35 dollar SSD and took the W10 upgrade offer.
This old iron boots and gets on the web with a google search result in 35 seconds from power on.
So that tells us the bottlenecks are not RAM or CPU in today's machines.
Sure you might find an Atom or old single core CPU to slow down a machine but sure, pick out a dual or more core CPU but given the off the cliff fall in SSD prices, the 240GB is seem all the time for under 50 bucks.
Why not a new Inspiron?
Mr. Proffitt:
I have talked about my 7 year old Dell Vostro 1510 laptop for too long on here but today a new problem has started; the screen will suddenly start to flickering like crazy and I've never dropped it since I've had it.
Would you recommend I shop for another Dell laptop on Dell.com; a different brand of laptop on Amazon.com or take a look at some laptops on Best Buy.com?
I don't know what kind of processor I should go with; Celerons seem to be the cheapest and they go up from there. I wouldn't need more than a 500GB HD since all I do on this old unit is web surfing and some email.
Memory wouldn't have to be that much either. I would want to be able to use it wirelessly here in the house like I can do with my current one. Do you have any recommendations or other brands of laptops I need to look at besides Dell? Finally I'd want a new laptop with a monitor of at least 15"; this one has a 15.4" monitor.
Big Steve
08/01/16

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