Gordon wrote on Mar 11
th, 2018 at 6:24pm:
RightSaidFred wrote on Mar 11
th, 2018 at 6:20pm:
Gordon wrote on Mar 10
th, 2018 at 9:51am:
RightSaidFred wrote on Feb 13
th, 2018 at 8:25am:
Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 23
rd, 2018 at 7:53am:
I think leave it as it mechanically.
Use a defragger esp for the register
Also run Ccleaner
Sort of like a service for a car.
Better to buy a whole new computer than replace bits on your 5 year old one
I roll them over every 3 years .... get better returns on ebay on the old stuff and the technology cycle is getting shorter.
With Laptops I would recommend buying one with an SSD regardless of brand or OS, OS slowness especially on startup is the HDD.
My personal choice is Lenovo Yoga line but the modern laptop is getting lighter and better. There are many good options out there.
Computers are so bloody cheap now.
I have 3 desktop computers. One is a speed machine, I can't remember the specs but I got a techy mate to pick the parts from MSY Ultimo which is one of the best shops in Sydney. $3k and it's lightning fast and I only use it for graphics and rendering. It never ever ever gets connect it to the internet so it never slows down or gets clogged up.
PC2 is my previous demoted graphics computer, about 5 years old. Still rock solid and I only use it for doing my business accounts and share trading.
PC3 I call the slut machine. It does all the net browsing etc so don't care what happens to it.
I picked it up refurbish from a guy who gets ex lease machines from Dell and HP and flips them. $150 for 8gig RAM i5. Plenty fast enough for media and browsing.
I just picked up before Xmas when
I buy my gear at Graysonline have been for a very long time.
I bought my laptop from them for $600 over 2 years ago ..... at the time it retailed for $1900 its a little beast ! SSDs really speed tings up !
I regularly by Laptops / Desktops from them just to flip, one year I made about 10k profit doing it.
I bout a whole pile of servers a few years back as I knew the RAM was expensive. I parted them out making about $500 profit on the RAM.
I do it as a side hobby might take it up full time when I retire (whatever that means).
The bloke I bought the ex lease Dell box from was hilarious.
No legs, wheeling around a dingy garage stuffed full of computers you can hardly see because the air was so thick from his chain smoking
He said he flew to china and stitched up a deal to buy container loads of old boxes and he 'sorts them'.
Sounds like my perfect retirement except prefer legs and I am not into smoking.
I ended up being a defacto IT manager for many local businesses most I do it for free (they are mates).
One actually asked me to send him an invoice. One just gave me $500 which I gave to charity.
One guy sent me a brand new 42 Inch plasma I helped him out with some tender evaluations and some project management ...... came home and there was a big box with Samsung written all over it at the front door. I was surprised it was still there.
Ex-lease stuff is very cheap and legally in the grey area. If you buy a a computer you generally depreciate it over 3 years after that its worthless as you have written it off.
In the old days they use to put them in the bin, after that the employees use to fish them out of the bin and take them home..... once written of under tax law they can not sell them legally. Some use to have cash only auctions (unofficial). Some used to destroy them to ensure they don't get in trouble from the tax office.
These days many groups like Grays realise there is a buck to be made out of it.
These days its a bit tough as guys like you know you can get good stuff for very cheap on the ex-lease market. I still do it with Laptops I sell about 5-10 per year making $50-100 per unit. I call it my beer money fund
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