I am a 100% pure n00b, that's why i'm here... 
Please forgive me first if my question sounds so stupid, that it annoys you.
Right now, I am confused what PSP version to buy. In my country, there are shops selling PSPs that are version 1.5, 3.03 and 3.10-OEA. All these three PSPs are sold at different prices.
the version 1.5 being cheapest, and 3.10-OEA the most expensive.
I was thinking, why should i spend more money on buying the 3.10-OEA if I can buy a 1.5 at a cheaper price, and update the firmware to 3.10-OEA myself?
The shop keeper told me if i bought a version 1.5 PSP, and did the upgrade myself, it would still need to use some kind of dongle or some crap to play homebrew. He also said 3.10-OEA PSP is by far the most convenient where homebrew games can be accessed directly via the mem card. even version 3.03 has to go thru some menus or process. And he said i would brick my psp if i downloaded and installed firmwares myself from the internet, because only shops like them have "special" softwares to "install" the 3.10-OEA.
So, i'm wondering, is there a difference if i bought the 1.5 and did a self-upgrade? because the price difference between a 1.5 and 3.10-OEA is almost $30.
Are there major hardware differences between the "older" 1.5 PSP, or the newer 3.03 PSP or 3.10 PSP?
Or are these shops selling all the same PSPs, just that they upgraded the firmwares themselves, and charge n00bs a higher price for their "service" ?
Please forgive me first if my question sounds so stupid, that it annoys you.
Right now, I am confused what PSP version to buy. In my country, there are shops selling PSPs that are version 1.5, 3.03 and 3.10-OEA. All these three PSPs are sold at different prices.
the version 1.5 being cheapest, and 3.10-OEA the most expensive.
I was thinking, why should i spend more money on buying the 3.10-OEA if I can buy a 1.5 at a cheaper price, and update the firmware to 3.10-OEA myself?
The shop keeper told me if i bought a version 1.5 PSP, and did the upgrade myself, it would still need to use some kind of dongle or some crap to play homebrew. He also said 3.10-OEA PSP is by far the most convenient where homebrew games can be accessed directly via the mem card. even version 3.03 has to go thru some menus or process. And he said i would brick my psp if i downloaded and installed firmwares myself from the internet, because only shops like them have "special" softwares to "install" the 3.10-OEA.
So, i'm wondering, is there a difference if i bought the 1.5 and did a self-upgrade? because the price difference between a 1.5 and 3.10-OEA is almost $30.
Are there major hardware differences between the "older" 1.5 PSP, or the newer 3.03 PSP or 3.10 PSP?
Or are these shops selling all the same PSPs, just that they upgraded the firmwares themselves, and charge n00bs a higher price for their "service" ?
