I got my hands on old Dell Vostro 3560 which I'm planning to restore and use as a backup machine instead of current Thinkpad (as 1080p screen and dedicated GPU makes Dell way more attractive).
I'll have to buy new charger, battery (not a priority tho), add 2nd 4GB ram stick (8GB is still ok for my needs) and an SSD (will relocate existing HDD replacing the DVD drive).
And ofc will put some Linux on top.
I hope for fun and enjoyable process :)
I got my hands on old Dell Vostro 3560 which I'm planning to restore and use as a backup machine instead of current Thinkpad (as 1080p screen and dedicated GPU makes Dell way more attractive).
I'll have to buy new charger, battery (not a priority tho), add 2nd 4GB ram stick (8GB is still ok for my needs) and an SSD (will relocate existing HDD replacing the DVD drive).
And ofc will put some Linux on top.
I hope for fun and enjoyable process :)
All is good but there's one problem - rubberized plastic around screen bezels and palmrest is partially degraded and sticky :(
And I need to figure out how to restore that. People over the internet suggest different methods - from baby powder to acetone.
I'm leaning towards #isopropyl alcohol, but will test on some other device first and see how it goes...
What a shame from Dell of using such a lame material :/
If anyone has experience of cleaning such laptops please share :)
nickelson
Marcel SIneM(S)US