If we talk cheap we talk that you'll probably be pissed at it,I was thinking of doing the same thing and did not do it. If you take the amount of time you spend on the computer and divide it by the amount of days you use it it comes out to be say 2 bucks a day for 730 bucks in one year, that's one less coffee a day and a lap top that will be fast and the better unit will do what you want it to do. Mine travel with me and are a part of business as well as fun .