I second what Andy says (if you can shell the extra dough), I upgraded my workstation to a Core2 Quad and I love it. It performs near what one of the i3-i5 does, probably for more electric but I am very happy. I think a quad core AMD would be nice too, I'm sure... especially when you run Linux, I imagine it has a better processor scheduler :) In fact, the kernel just got a new one not too far back and if I remember right 3.0 kernel is full-on taking advantage of multi core processors.<div>
<br></div><div>Rob Haag<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Andrew Farnsworth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:farnsaw@stonedoor.com" target="_blank">farnsaw@stonedoor.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Look on the bottom of your Toshiba and see if there is a MS Windows sticker with a code. That is the license and it will tell you if it is Windows XP or what. if it is, you just need to find media to do the wipe and install then either sell or gift it to someone. Yes, I know you can do the same with Linux on it, but MOST people won't buy it if it doesn't have windows. If the sticker isn't there, then you will need to either find the original media which will most likely have the license key with it, or you will need to buy new which isn't worth it. Let the buyer do that if they want. Just DBAN the laptop and put a basic install of something like Ubuntu on it and then sell it or gift it.<div class="HOEnZb">
<div class="h5"><div>
<br></div><div>Andy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 7:36 PM, BrianO'Keefe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com" target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
Thanks Andy,<br>
I checked out the CPUs on PassMark CPU and you are totally correct.
The A5560 is almost clocking 4x faster. I ordered it!<br>
I never thought about the Windows license. I suppose this Toshiba
has one but I wouldn't know how to find it.<br>
<br>
New laptop should be here by Tuesday! Now when those SSDHDs get down
to a reasonable price I can justify upgrading.<br>
<br>
Brian <br><div><div>
<br>
On 08/17/2012 03:16 PM, Andrew Farnsworth wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">If the $60 is not too much, go for the
A5560-7414. The .15 Ghz difference won't make a difference really
and if you are in single threaded / single core mode this one will
turbo up to 2.4 Ghz. So you get more modern, more powerful and
faster cpu, better graphics, better power savings, a bigger HD all
for $60. Sounds like a deal to me. I know many people will state
otherwise, but have a Windows license for you laptop is a good
thing... it improves resale value.
<div>
<br>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Andy<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 4:36 PM,
BrianO'Keefe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com" target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Anyone help me out
with these laptops from Newegg?<br>
<br>
So this for $319:<br>
ASUS A53U-ES21 Notebook AMD Dual-Core Processor
E-450(1.65GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory DDR3 320GB HDD 5400rpm
DVD±R/RW AMD Radeon HD 6320 <br>
and I have a brand new 500GB HD for it.<br>
Or this for $379:<br>
Acer Aspire A5560-7414 Notebook AMD A-Series
A6-3420M(1.5GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory 500GB HDD 5400rpm DVD
Super Multi AMD Radeon HD 6520G . The CPU is a quad
core.<br>
<br>
Advice please?<br>
<br>
No on the HP I wrote about earlier as it has no optical
drive.<br>
<br>
Many Thanks,<br>
<br>
Brian
<div><br>
<br>
On 08/16/2012 10:16 PM, Rob Haag wrote: </div>
<div>
<div>
<blockquote type="cite">Not bad for first hardware,
I was just remembering recently how my first
computer had floppies (5.25"). My first hard drive
was 15mb (yep, that is Megabytes :) ). Now I'm
giving my age away, but I know older nerds :) I'm
quite surprised lately at how cheap hardware is
getting, I find (capable) laptops for under $200.
It makes it a bit easier to move onto new hardware
when they are so cheap, and recycling old ones is
responsible too... so we don't have to milk every
last drop of service from the old units.
<div> <br>
</div>
<div>Good luck and your welcome, of course</div>
<div>Rob<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at
12:10 AM, BrianO'Keefe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com" target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
Thanks so much Rob. I've cloned my HD
several times as larger cpacity ones came
on market and installed them into this
laptop and yes, SATA. I think though that
it's time to stop trying to make this
workhorse pull the loads that newer OS
versions and all the software that I've
installed amount to. amazing to think my
first computer was a Mac G3 Desktop with a
4GB HD!!<br>
I'll check out micro center for sure.<br>
<br>
Thanks again<br>
<br>
Brian
<div>
<div><br>
<br>
On 08/16/2012 09:59 PM, Rob Haag
wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">Does your
Toshiba have a SATA hard drive? All
the new ones do, surely this unit at
Newegg does too. But you may also
sacrifice speed/reliability to swap
it out. I may suggest you take an
image of your old HDD with GParted
or even the 'dd' command, then put
that image on the new hard drive,
then grow the new hard drive's
partition to utilize the extra space
(if the new on is bigger (in
capacity)... or partition whats left
over and mount that partition too.
It's not a fantasy to swap hard
drives though, if you thinking 'will
it start up in the new hardware?'
Also, the new laptop you linked to
certainly supports accelerated 3D
graphics, which sounds like a step
up for you in that department.
<div> <br>
</div>
<div>Just for the fun of it, check
out Micro Center. Not every deal
ships (some are 'in store only').
I re-located to Columbus, OH and
we have Micro Center here, my dad
just picked up a really nice Asus
laptop for $249 that supports
accelerated graphics, the RAM is a
bit lower than what you found at
Newegg, but could be upgraded for
$20-30 to 4gb. I have had very
good service from Micro Center
too, they are very customer
oriented. It's worth a quick look,
but unfortunately most of the
'good' deals are 'in store only'</div>
<div>MicroCenter <a href="http://www.microcenter.com/" target="_blank">http://www.microcenter.com/</a></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Good luck,</div>
<div>Rob Haag</div>
<div><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu,
Aug 16, 2012 at 11:36 PM,
BrianO'Keefe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com" target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hey all,<br>
<br>
I have the Toshiba satellite
with an AMD 64 bit
processor. One of my main
issues is that the notebook
doesn't have the newer video
capability to run Ubuntu
beyond what I have, which is
10.10 except in crappy 2D
mode (or vintage or whatever
they call it).<br>
This Acer laptop <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215371&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL081612&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL081612-_-EMC-081612-Index-_-LaptopsNotebooks-_-34215371-L0A" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215371&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL081612&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL081612-_-EMC-081612-Index-_-LaptopsNotebooks-_-34215371-L0A</a><br>
<br>
is capable, I think, and I'm
wondering if I could pop my
HD from the Toshiba into it
and just run with it. Or is
that a fantasy? The price is
great and it gets good
reviews.<br>
<br>
Advice?<br>
<br>
Muchas gracias<br>
<br>
Brian<br>
</div>
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