I've found numerous "lots" of older, non-functioning laptops on e-bay of various makes and models. Would the skills gained from disassembling-reassembling Pentium Two laptops carry over much to repairing more recent laptops? If not, how new should they be, Pentium 3 600MHz or even newer? P.S. I'd rather spend less and get less out of it, but if I'm not going to get much of ANYTHING from working on Pentium 2's in your opinion, let me know. Thanks.
2007-03-12 08:23:10 · 4 answers · asked by homer742 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Given the Price of Low end Current PCs, you might be wasting your time.
The Machines I work on are current and cost very little for Corporate use. They usually have a 4 year life cycle for the entire machine. Many Current PCs wind up being cheap as chips to get. And the basic internal architecture is so simple and cheap, it beats a lot of the older units.
Best to get cheap current units, and then upgrade the components on the cheap. The Key elements like the CPU, RAM, and Hard Drive are the Big Variables, but these ride on the Motherboard which is vastly different to the earlier boards
2007-03-12 08:27:08 · answer #1 · answered by Mictlan_KISS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find one that was made no more than 3-4 years ago. My desktop computer (I know, it's not a laptop) lasted for 3 years and then the harddrive failed me.
If you want to actually open them, then hardware does matter, so I'd say make sure it's not older then 3 years.
2007-03-12 15:33:05 · answer #2 · answered by xFrozen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd only concentrate on those no older than 2-3 years.
The circuirty, the design changes, etc in laptops is changing in leaps and bounds.
2007-03-12 15:28:43 · answer #3 · answered by mrresearchman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
p 3 might be better because they support newer instruction sets. both would be good for basic upgrading and updating skills, but with the p3 you can play or use newer programs and games
2007-03-12 15:31:02 · answer #4 · answered by dragon007dragon69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋