07-31-2009, 09:40 PM
I know there's a whole lot of topics on this subject already, but I'm creating my own anyway (my situation is probably a little rare; and besides, I want personal treatment too!)
So here's the deal:
I am currently in possession of a laptop (or to be exact, a Toshiba Satellite A100-049). The model has been around since early 2007 (I got mine just over two years ago). It cost over $1600 back then (although that is the Swedish pricing - in the states and elsewhere the price should've been noticably lower).
Specs are as follows:
Basically, I want to sell that one and buy a desktop computer. If I do, I will miss the possibility to carry a computer with me - so if I can, I'm going to get one of those cheap, small, notebooks as well. However, I have a limited budget... probably around $700 (plus what I get for selling my current laptop).
So I need help with a few things:
I'll try reading some other topics on the subject too and see if I can find anything useful there.
So here's the deal:
I am currently in possession of a laptop (or to be exact, a Toshiba Satellite A100-049). The model has been around since early 2007 (I got mine just over two years ago). It cost over $1600 back then (although that is the Swedish pricing - in the states and elsewhere the price should've been noticably lower).
Specs are as follows:
- CPU: 1.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5500
- RAM: 2GB DDR2 RAM
- HDD: 120GB
- Screen: 15.4in, 1280x800 display
- Graphics: 256MB nVidia GeForce Go 7300
- OS: Windows Vista Home Premium
Basically, I want to sell that one and buy a desktop computer. If I do, I will miss the possibility to carry a computer with me - so if I can, I'm going to get one of those cheap, small, notebooks as well. However, I have a limited budget... probably around $700 (plus what I get for selling my current laptop).
So I need help with a few things:
- estimating what I can get for my Toshiba laptop
- picking parts for the desktop computer
- (eventually) choosing a cheap notebook with long battery life
I'll try reading some other topics on the subject too and see if I can find anything useful there.