TS3 Compatible Laptop or Desktop on a Budget
Hi everyone! After quite a few years of The Sims, GTA and countless replays of the Life is Strange series, my good old gaming laptop is reaching the end of her lifespan (many issues, including a messe...
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For your current laptop, some of the issues might be addressable, and others not. The graphics card in particular likely can't be replaced, and an external card and enclosure would cost almost as much as a new laptop. The keyboard might be fixable, maybe even with a good cleaning, or it might be totally busted; you could get a USB keyboard for relatively cheap. Speakers probably aren't worth addressing, since you can just use earbuds. As for the other issues, it's impossible to say without knowing what those issues are.
As a practical matter though, if you have this many problems with a laptop, it's likely not cost-effective to fix them, if they can even be fixed at all. Even if every current issue were addressed, it sounds like this laptop is on its way out—this seems like the point where something is always breaking. So you might only get a little extra time out of all the repairs, whereas you could put the same money towards a new computer and not have to worry about any of it.
On that note, would you prefer a laptop or desktop? Either is doable on your budget. Laptops are much more convenient; desktops have more powerful hardware, are easier to repair, and can generally be upgraded, so they last a lot longer. And are you looking to buy now, or sometime soon? If now, I can look for some good options in either category, or both. But if you're going to wait a bit, there's no point in picking out something now. Prices change and inventory turns over, so the best current deal might not be available in a few weeks, and in the interim something better might show up.
As a practical matter though, if you have this many problems with a laptop, it's likely not cost-effective to fix them, if they can even be fixed at all. Even if every current issue were addressed, it sounds like this laptop is on its way out—this seems like the point where something is always breaking. So you might only get a little extra time out of all the repairs, whereas you could put the same money towards a new computer and not have to worry about any of it.
On that note, would you prefer a laptop or desktop? Either is doable on your budget. Laptops are much more convenient; desktops have more powerful hardware, are easier to repair, and can generally be upgraded, so they last a lot longer. And are you looking to buy now, or sometime soon? If now, I can look for some good options in either category, or both. But if you're going to wait a bit, there's no point in picking out something now. Prices change and inventory turns over, so the best current deal might not be available in a few weeks, and in the interim something better might show up.
