Man you can get lightning fast cheap Dell laptops off ebay

[steppinthrax]

I was looking to get a "family use" laptop. I picked up a Dell E6510 (i7, 8gigs of ram) for 89 bucks. I put in a 120GB SSD and windows 10. This thing is lightning fast. The screen resolution is a little low, yet for $89 bucks you can't go wrong.

It's also missing a battery. Picked up a generic one off ebay for 12 bucks.

 

[Homerboy]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitu...012885?hash=item5686ef3c15:g:xg8AAOSwf05XO6an

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[Ns1]

this thing looks like the best 2005 had to offer.

 

[steppinthrax]

You stalker, LOL. LMAO

 

[steppinthrax]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitu...012885?hash=item5686ef3c15:g:xg8AAOSwf05XO6an

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YOu Stalker, LOL. LMAO

 

[steppinthrax]

this thing looks like the best 2005 had to offer.

Come on man. It's a family laptop. Not something I"m using for business or work. But in all honesty it's not much different than what you see many workers I see use today. Also 2012 not 2005.

 

[Homerboy]

YOu Stalker, LOL. LMAO

No... I just entered "Dell E6510" in an ebay search. Wasn't too hard to find. One I linked only has 4GB though

 

[steppinthrax]

No... I just entered "Dell E6510" in an ebay search. Wasn't too hard to find. One I linked only has 4GB though

Was wrong on the size, but to find these you had to sort by price and google "Dell i7". I have a e6520 (full keyboard with fingerprint) it has a much faster i7. The i7s seem to be the beast right now in terms of running Windows 10.

 

[Ns1]

omg 5.5 pounds. but hey <$300, can't argue with that.

 

[steppinthrax]

omg 5.5 pounds. but hey <$300, can't argue with that.

It will sit on a dining room table for much of it's life.

 

[TwiceOver]

I just got done formatting one of those. Works fine. It's a chunky bastard, but works.

 

[nakedfrog]

Pretty sweet!

 

[Aikouka]

If you want a bigger resolution screen, you can always look into replacing it. My mom beat the living bejeebus out of her laptop. She probably had more duct tape on it than plastic! I ended up repairing it for her, which included adding a SSD and upgrading to Windows 10. I ended up replacing the majority of the shell (only the bottom shell's top portion was salvaged), optical drive and power button (those buttons were extremely fragile). However, the big thing is that I also upgraded the keyboard to a backlit version and the screen from a 1366x768 to a 1080p screen. The keyboard only cost $10 more than a non-backlit variant and the 1080p screen was maybe $30 more. It would've been more expensive if I went with a matte version ($50-60 more) rather than a glossy version.

It did require more than just buying the new LCD. I also had to buy a new video cable that had more wires. Fortunately, this Dell laptop model (Studio 1550 I think?) was designed to support these other add-ons. Not all laptops necessarily had those available add-ons, so it may not work.

 

[steppinthrax]

If you want a bigger resolution screen, you can always look into replacing it. My mom beat the living bejeebus out of her laptop. She probably had more duct tape on it than plastic! I ended up repairing it for her, which included adding a SSD and upgrading to Windows 10. I ended up replacing the majority of the shell (only the bottom shell's top portion was salvaged), optical drive and power button (those buttons were extremely fragile). However, the big thing is that I also upgraded the keyboard to a backlit version and the screen from a 1366x768 to a 1080p screen. The keyboard only cost $10 more than a non-backlit variant and the 1080p screen was maybe $30 more. It would've been more expensive if I went with a matte version ($50-60 more) rather than a glossy version.

I've done this once on my Vostro 1510 years ago. When I bought it new I was surprised to find how low the res was. I bought a 1920x1200 res from eBay for like 50 bucks.

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[SKORPI0]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitu...012885?hash=item5686ef3c15:g:xg8AAOSwf05XO6an

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The Charger, Battery, Hard Drive and the Caddy Drive are not included with the laptop.

Charger - $10.99
Battery - $19.99
HDD- $ 39.99
Caddy - $10.99
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$ 81.96

 

[steppinthrax]

When you are in the it field, and work from home. You have about 10 Dell chargers and don't like mechanical hard drives. I much rather have the computer come blank. Used the SSD and charger from the old.

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[Homerboy]

Right. Just like the OP's.

 

[PottedMeat]

This laptop does not have an operation system on it and the Windows Certificate of Authenticity license label was previously removed

is this where you scan google images for a nice clear picture of a dell coa?

 

[Kaido]

is this where you scan google images for a nice clear picture of a dell coa?

The Dell BIOS activates the Windows Dell discs, so technically you don't even need the key to get it working.

 

[PottedMeat]

you need a dell win7/8/10 disc for auto activation?

i used a digital river win7 on a e6420 (2nd gen i5) and had to put in the key (at least they try to protect it by putting it in the battery compartment)

 

[Sonikku]

When I need to install an OS I just pop in the ol' flash drive.

 

[MrSquished]

I'll take my 2 year old super-thin metal and carbon fibre Dell XPS Touch 15 any day of the week and twice on Sundays

 

[ultimatebob]

this thing looks like the best 2005 had to offer.

I had one of those at work. It's more of a 2010 era laptop than a 2005 one.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Dell Outlet can be pretty decent too, I sometimes browse there for fun. Never actually bought anything but often tempted.

 

[Kaido]

you need a dell win7/8/10 disc for auto activation?

Yup. Check & see what your laptop originally came with, that's what it will auto-activate with. If it's Win7, you can still backdoor the free Win10 upgrade through the assistive devices method & then your hardware will be registered with Microsoft's activation servers, so you can do a clean install using the official USB installer whenever you want.