By Martin Jansen, Owner of Jansen-PCINFO
Jansen-PCINFO has a select few computers to sell all of which have similarities:
- All are used, but in great condition.
- Each has been cleaned inside and out – no dust bunnies.
- Each has been upgraded to Solid State drives – three times the speed of hard drives.
- All are upgraded to Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon, the latest and best version so far.
- All have Chrome Browser and RustDesk (Remote Support Software) installed.
- All can be customized for use.
Despite these similarities, each system has unique hardware. Let’s start left to right with the lone laptop.
This $75 computer is an HP 15 laptop with a larger screen. Unlike new laptops which no longer have DVD drives, this model has a fully functional drive. This computer has an A6 processor, 256GB storage and 12GB of RAM. With a 15.6 inch screen it is perfect for the user who wants to keep up with emails, web browsing and word processing. The keyboard has a number pad for calculations and spreadsheet entry.
Next up is a $50 Dell 7010 mini-tower with 12GB ram and i5 processor. This computer used to be my primary computer until I replaced it with a mini-computer. I used it for everything from multimedia editing to light gaming. I am including a 600 GB hard drive for additional storage.
A $45 custom built full-sized tower follows, based on an AsRock motherboard with 8 GB RAM. I upgraded the processor to an AMD A10 and transferred a Radeon Graphics card to this computer making it suitable for light gaming.
The last pictured computer is a $35 HP Pavilion p6210f Desktop with AMD A6 processor and 6GB RAM. Unique to this computer is multi-format memory card reader/writer accepting anything from the legacy Compact Flash cards to modern SD cards.
I am working on two other mini-computers as well and should have those available for sale next month.
If you are interested in trying Linux Mint, these computers are the easiest way to leave Windows behind without much adjustment. Upon purchase, I will provide some training on the use of the computer.