People buy gadgets with a lot of excitement. Use them.
Years pass by..and before you know it
they’re old. Laptops being no exception. Once the age of the laptop starts to
express itself in its performance as compared to other newer laptops, the
owners are faced with a dilemma. ‘should I upgrade it?’ or ‘should I sell it?’.
Well, the former of the two options works most of the times with the owner
usually upgrading the performance of the laptop by either upgrading the RAM, or
putting in a larger hard drive, or perhaps changing into a larger capacity
battery. Or if the laptop supports it,
changing various internal components like the graphics card, optical drives,
etc.
No matter how many
times or what the user upgrades, the
laptop will become old and the same old question- to sell or not to sell is
going to pop up again. Looking at the prices the user will get to sell the
laptop will be disheartening at the least, as values of older machines are worth
scraps.
Instead of selling it for a worthless price that probably
cant get you a decent meal in a good classy restaurant, the user can salvage
parts out of his laptop, use them in other places or just sell them separately
at a comparatively higher price. Well, atleast that’s what I did with my really
old Compaq Presario when I knew I just could’nt go on upgrading it anymore-
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| An external Hard Drive Case |
1)
RAM – I
had upgraded my previous laptop with a 4gb RAM
module. My new dell, fortunately
for me had a single module of 2 gb RAM, therefore one slot for the RAM was
free. I took the RAM from my Presario and transferred it to the Dell, hence, getting a combined 6 gb of RAM in my
Dell.
2)
Hard Drive – I had upgraded my Compaq to a 500
gb Seagate Barracuda. For it, I went browsing at ebay and bought an external 2.5” hard
drive casing. ( here ) – hence, getting an external 500 gb hard
drive, which i use now to store movies.
3)
Battery : I put a 9 cell Presario compatible
battery which easily gave me a 5 hr battery backup. I sold it at a good price.
4)
Power Adapter : Laptop users are continuously facing
problems regarding their power adapter as these adapters can succumb to fluctuations in
electricity, over heating, etc. Finding a buyer for my Power Adapter was not
difficult.
Once your deals are completed
from the above mentioned points, just go to a local hardware store, put aside
your emotional attachments with the machine, and dump it – all while playing your part in
the re-cycling process. The motherboards used in computers have silicon chips,
which to be honest, are quite expensive. Laptop manufacturers are always on the
lookout for silicon circuits so that they can be recycled, therefore reducing
production costs and reducing the drilling into the earths crust for more
silicon.
There you have it..Hope you can
make something more productive out of the machine you would otherwise sell off
for a few measly bucks!
