Thanks for your kind comments, Jason. Those components, although they would be welcome, may never get through Argentine customs, but that’s another story.
If you find the time, have a go yourself. It’s very rewarding.
I might also add that the lady’s late husband always chose quality hardware and when I went back last week I noticed that she was also using an Acer Predator Helios gaming laptop, which I’m hoping to take a look at next time.
Cheers
Marc

Again, great article, appreciate it/you.

Kindest Regards

I’m aware of the Win 10 situation, thanks Reg and will be looking at that again in the future.

Thanks Jason
I regard this kind of work as both a challenge and getting the most out of a machine that richly deserves it.
Since this article was published another half a dozen laptops have come in needing attention and where financially viable, I’ve upgraded them to SSDs and more memory.
On the other hand, some laptops are so cynically designed – HP for example – that frankly they are not worth the effort.
Cheers

Only issue is Windows 10 Pro is on the way out unless your customer knows how to extend it and makes a Microsoft account or is prepared to pay for extended security updates.

Personally I would be worried that my customer could potentially get hacked once the security updates stop. Whilst the chances are slim initially (and admittedly I have no idea about ISP security in Argentina), sooner or later if she is using the laptop on the internet she could face a security issue that I wouldn’t want to be responsible for.

IMHO better she saves up for a new Windows 11 device. Let’s face it she likely doesn’t want to play Call of Duty and only needs a cheap as chips basic laptop if she just wants to do email and banking online !

Meanwhile, all of that fully functional PC hardware just stays in constant hibernation. I’ve no idea what I’ll end up doing with it, I just wish I had the chops to fully restore (as in you’d do with an old car, restoration of the car, not to be confused with restoring the PC’s original contents/configuration).

Great article Marc. Thank you for the insight and inspiration.

Kindest Regards