I just bought my very first laptop.. it's a used Dell Precision m4500. I unknowingly overpaid for the thing.... $250.
It's got an Intel i5 m580@2.67Ghz dual-core processor, 500GB HD and 4GB of RAM. It's pretty big for a laptop with a 15" screen. It's supposed to be a "workstation" laptop.
This thing is gets pretty hot... it's an older laptop from 2010. My questions are:
-Do the new laptops run cooler than this one?
-Do newer laptops have longer battery time? I'm assuming my laptop has an older processor and it may suck in more juice than newer ones.
-I tried upgrading my RAM to 8GB, but didn't work. I bought 2 x 4GB sticks of Corsair ValueSelect 1600 mhz SO-DIMM DDR3L. Would not get to Windows before it would reset itself. I returned the RAM and I don't want to keep trying over and over buying and returning RAM if it didn't work. Will I have this problem with OTHER laptop brands? I want to have a minimum of 8GB, preferably 16GB of RAM on my laptop.
-All new laptops have either Windows 8.1 or Windows 10. Will I have problems downgrading to Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate?
I'm going to cut my losses and re-sell this laptop, go to Best Buy and get newer laptop, with better speccs and I won't have any problems upgrading the RAM.
It's got an Intel i5 m580@2.67Ghz dual-core processor, 500GB HD and 4GB of RAM. It's pretty big for a laptop with a 15" screen. It's supposed to be a "workstation" laptop.
This thing is gets pretty hot... it's an older laptop from 2010. My questions are:
-Do the new laptops run cooler than this one?
-Do newer laptops have longer battery time? I'm assuming my laptop has an older processor and it may suck in more juice than newer ones.
-I tried upgrading my RAM to 8GB, but didn't work. I bought 2 x 4GB sticks of Corsair ValueSelect 1600 mhz SO-DIMM DDR3L. Would not get to Windows before it would reset itself. I returned the RAM and I don't want to keep trying over and over buying and returning RAM if it didn't work. Will I have this problem with OTHER laptop brands? I want to have a minimum of 8GB, preferably 16GB of RAM on my laptop.
-All new laptops have either Windows 8.1 or Windows 10. Will I have problems downgrading to Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate?
I'm going to cut my losses and re-sell this laptop, go to Best Buy and get newer laptop, with better speccs and I won't have any problems upgrading the RAM.