No graphics card
>graphics cards use too much battery power
Replace hard drive with SSD
>extend battery power, instantaneous startup
Fairly decent (cheap) processor
i5 5200u
Ram upgrade
>Rip out the 4 gb and sell it, stick 2x8gb sticks
anything else missing?
>>56223586
Sounds like you need a thinkpad.
Go to >>56206647
>>56223586
>building
Power is no excuse for no graphics card. Laptops have graphics cards that can turn on and off per executable depending on if that executable is very graphics intensive or not. And you can override that with the launch options or by right clicking and pressing "open with integrated graphics"
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>>56223586
>No graphics card
>graphics cards use too much battery power
Ever heard of switchable graphics/Optimus?
The GPU can stay turned off until an application needs it, or can be stayed off entirely