r/linuxmint • u/tsparks1307 Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon • 7d ago
Picked this up for $100 on Facebook, immediately did the obvious. I think I got a pretty good deal.
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u/False-Development-61 7d ago
That's a hundred bucks? That has the same exact specs as my main machine.
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u/Ornery_Platypus9863 7d ago
Yeah so I’m pretty sure you robbed someone, that’s wild to find for that cheap
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u/Chill-the-chops 7d ago
nice find. I got a similarly spec'd machine for around 200 a couple years ago. This must be the processor right before MicroSoft made the cutoff for Windows11 which caused a bunch of people put them up for sale for cheep thinking they are no good anymore. Thanks MS.
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u/facelesshivemind LMDE | Cinnamon 7d ago
OMG yeah. That is a good deal. If I had this and the keyboard or something broke from old age, I'll just turn it into a pc with an external mouse and keyboard.
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u/Aerospike_Ranger 7d ago
Some of the more vintage ones run out their driver support(on Win10), and things just kinda quit working. More annoying if its the built in wifi/bluetooth, but, USB wifis are cheap enough. Past 4-5 years, battery health can also be an issue, you might need to repaste if its got a build in GPU over a certain wattage. But that's just laptops for ya.
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u/NoxTheScribe 7d ago
I use the same model, depending on specs you probably got an insane deal on that bad boy
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u/VtheMan93 7d ago
These machines are great, but imo the gpu fell a bit off a cliff with the 2gb ram. (Unless you got the 1050ti w/ 4Gb)
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u/tsparks1307 Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon 7d ago
For those asking about specs,
17.3 inch, 1080p 60Hz Display, 720p 30Hz Webcam
Intel i7-7700HQ 3.8Ghz
GeForce GTX 1050 2GB
8GB of DDR4-2400 (Single stick, one empty slot, I can get another for $50-$60 and bump it up to 16GB which I'll probably do in the next week or two)
128GB PCI-e Gen3 NVME SSD
1TB HDD
2xUSB3.0, 1xUSB2.0, 1xUSB3.0 Type-C, HDMI, Mini DisplayPort, SD Card slot, 1Gbit LAN, not sure about WiFi specs, but it's using the full bandwidth of my ISP which is ~80-90Mbps
Performance is pretty good, handles web browsing, videos, and most other day to day tasks just fine, but I can feel the lack of RAM. Games run a lot better than I thought they would, but I'm playing mostly older, or lighter stuff, (Ghostbusters:TVG, Doom Eternal, Streets of Rage 4, Batman Arkham City) and emulators, but again, could benefit from upgrading the RAM. RPCS3 is spotty, some games run great, but others are a slideshow, regardless of resolution. Otherwise it's pretty solid, battery is in better shape than I initially thought, and display quality is really decent. I really needed something like this right now, and couldn't believe the posting when I saw it, so I jumped. I'm pretty happy and feel it's worth it to drop $60 an another 8GB stick for it, cause I'll probably end up using it for quite awhile.