Trying to speed up my mother's old laptop

[UsandThem]

Well I'm probably not paying $100 for a new OS for an old Vista laptop when that's the third of a cost of a new machine outright so I'll probably just grab a copy from Jack Sparrow. I have never upgraded a laptop's parts before, but I'm not against putting a cheap 120gb ssd to slip in as a boot drive. Being an old laptop however I rather doubt it has Sata 3. Can an Inspiron 1525 even be opened and upgraded without taking the whole thing apart? I hear some of these things aren't built for consumer customization at all.

Looks pretty easy to me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5vBdOW7jCQ

 

[VirtualLarry]

Yeah, that's a very straightforward replacement. (I watched the video.)

 

[DrDoug]

Well it's an Inspiron 1525. I'm sure it would be less bad with a new OS, solid state drive and another stick of ram. Although there comes a point where one might almost grab a $300 i3 refurb from a Frys promo. If money wasn't an issue that would probably be the preferable option.

I picked up a cheap (price-wise) road warrior I needed by hitting ebay and getting an off-lease Dell Latitude with a second gen i5, 4GB RAM, 500 GB HDD and 15" 1080p screen, all for the grand sum of $126.00 delivered. It is in perfect condition, looks like new and all I had to do was toss in a SSD and it's good to go for years.

Think used business laptops, they're plentiful and a bargain.