Four or five years ago (I think) Mrs. Tdbo's desktop computer died.
She wanted "a cheap laptop"
Took her to buy one, she picked out a Toshiba Satellite C55D-S5531. I think I paid about $350. at the time.
Went along with this because of the "Happy wife, happy life" theory.
That is all well and good until it goes bad.
She hates this thing because it is slow. I have done everything I knew how to do to speed it up. Removed unnecessary programs, ran Ccleaner, ran malware removal programs, etc. with limited to no success.
This machine is a total fido.
It took me over a minute to get on line the other night. It takes Mrs. Tdbo has latched onto my new Toshiba with an I5 processor and really likes it. I really want it back.
I doubt that much could be done with the machine in question, although I would be willing to listen to options.
She uses the machine to serve the web, e mails, word processing mostly. While most any machine can do that, the both of us want something as fast as is reasonably possible.
I want to keep this on the cheap, so I am looking at refurbs in the $250. or less range. I am open to any make except for HP. I have been looking on line until I am somewhat confused. If those who are more computer knowledgeable than myself could post links to suitable machines that would meet these criteria, I would be appreciative. Thanks in advance
She wanted "a cheap laptop"
Took her to buy one, she picked out a Toshiba Satellite C55D-S5531. I think I paid about $350. at the time.
Went along with this because of the "Happy wife, happy life" theory.
That is all well and good until it goes bad.
She hates this thing because it is slow. I have done everything I knew how to do to speed it up. Removed unnecessary programs, ran Ccleaner, ran malware removal programs, etc. with limited to no success.
This machine is a total fido.
It took me over a minute to get on line the other night. It takes Mrs. Tdbo has latched onto my new Toshiba with an I5 processor and really likes it. I really want it back.
I doubt that much could be done with the machine in question, although I would be willing to listen to options.
She uses the machine to serve the web, e mails, word processing mostly. While most any machine can do that, the both of us want something as fast as is reasonably possible.
I want to keep this on the cheap, so I am looking at refurbs in the $250. or less range. I am open to any make except for HP. I have been looking on line until I am somewhat confused. If those who are more computer knowledgeable than myself could post links to suitable machines that would meet these criteria, I would be appreciative. Thanks in advance