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This is my old Acer Aspire 5570-2609 (actually a 5570z) laptop with a T2060 1.6 GHz CPU, 14.1 inch screen – that now sports 2 GB RAM and a 300 GB Hard Drive. This originally came with 1 GB RAM and an 80 GB Hard Drive. I just bought an adapter for the DVD drive to install a 2nd HDD. With SSD prices dropping daily, I plan to move my current 300 GB HDD into that adapter and install the SSD into the original HDD caddy.
Why am I even bothering with this old laptop today? I got the new 2nd Hard Drive holder for only $11 NEW, and that, along with the drop in SSDs, make it now a good addition for relatively cheap. Also, the reason for my falling back to using this old laptop is that MSI has so far taken 4 1/2 months to honor their so-called defective warranty. To date, I have received my so-called repaired MSI motherboard back twice, with my motherboard being in worse shape than when I sent it to them for defective replacement. It seems that MSI thinks that a 3-year warranty allows them to take up to 3 years to get it working again. I am a small-time computer builder/repairman, and the way MSI is handling my defective motherboard has influenced my spending habits with MSI. Not only my spending habits, but other builders I know have sworn off MSI products too. Word of mouth has influenced their circle of friends too, which influences their circle… We have to honor defective items to our customers, and MSI shows they will not, which tells us that when an MSI product goes defective, then it will be us paying for a replacement. Just keep that in mind when you buy any MSI products. Just because one of MSI's products is defective does not mean you will get a new or even working refurbished replacement. For me, so far, 4 1/2 months have passed with me bouncing between one computer and another – just to bide time with the hopes my motherboard is repaired or the price refunded. I'd rather have the price refunded, just so I no longer have to play MSI's games any longer.
I even got the dreaded Wi-Fi to work,and it actually worked better in Ubuntu than Vista's Wi-Fi programs. I have finally gotten to the point that, once Ubuntu Studio 18.10 is released, then I will make the total switch away from Microsoft concerning my “i5-7400 desktop build.” Why? I do not do anything illegal, but I am tired of Microsoft stealing my private and personal information. I've even started using DuckDuckGo because it does not track you the way Google does. I also use the much better Opera VPN, along with the VPN leak prevention extension. Those two Opera extensions have positive, heavy duty, results when compared to Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Edge browsers. I have also recently started to use the much-maligned TOR browser – just to maintain my privacy even further, and it works for “most” of my needs. Since using Opera with VPN extensions, and now also using TOR browser, my spam emails have dropped to almost nothing - zero. I've also quit receiving daily telephone calls from advertisers/scammers. I do not think my almost non-existent spam emails and no telephone calls are just coincidence.