I picked up a Toshiba laptop in early 2013 and bumped up the RAM to the maximum 16GB. While it serves me well enough to this day, it’s buggy and boots slow. I’ve been meaning to do a wipe and reset to see if it works better. It runs Windows 10 these days.
I’ve been meaning to upgrade but I honestly don’t use it enough so it’s just a minor annoyance. For internet consumption, I almost exclusively use my Samsung Tab S 10.5 (picked up in early 2015 but I rooted it and it runs a custom ROM). It’s fast, reliable, and suits my needs perfectly. I did have to replace the battery about 2 years ago because it stopped holding a charge well but now it’s running great.
I suspect that the popularity of tablets is putting tight pricing requirements on today’s laptops. For surfing and lightweight computing needs a tablet is hard to beat.
I keep a couple of older DELL laptops. One originally had Windows XP on it and the other had Vista. That gives you an idea as to their vintage. I stripped off the old Microsoft OS and put Linux on both. They both fly now and the cases, screens and keyboards are OK.
I picked up a Toshiba laptop in early 2013 and bumped up the RAM to the maximum 16GB. While it serves me well enough to this day, it’s buggy and boots slow.
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I too bought a Toshiba laptop back in 2013 from Best Buy. It’s kept in our bedroom, internet connection and it runs thru our 46” TV.
We like watching YouTube videos and stream movies from several sites like Popcorn Flix and other similar sites.
It has 12GB of RAM and I installed a 250GB Crucial SSD. It’s never moved. When running we keep a 4” fan blowing on the front to keep it cool. It will reboot from the desktop and back to the desktop in around 30 seconds. Running Windows 8.1. Never had a bit of trouble.
I have a Samsung Tab S 10.5 but stopped using it.
What custom ROM would you recommend and why? Thanks.