[Hidden-tech] looking for a used PC laptop

[Maria Trombly]

You might consider a budget new laptop -- even the lowest-end models sold
today are better than the high-end models of just a couple of years ago --
the technology is changing that fast.

A few weeks back I bought a laptop at the Hadley WalMart - for around $300
(I needed a backup for me and the kids). Aside from the fact that it runs
Vista (arrgh!) it's pretty fully featured and basically better in every
respect than a mid-to-high end laptop from 3-4 years ago.

I don't see them in the online store now, but it's a full-sized laptop (not
a mini, stripped-down one). I see other laptops in their online store for
$400 similar to the one I've got.

... It was the Aspire 5315:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8221530

The price has gone up since -- maybe for the Christmas season.

It's a perfectly fine laptop. Fast. Built-in webcam, wireless -- on an older
laptop, you'd have to buy this separately, anyway. Big screen. When we're
not using it for school or work, we watch online TV on it or do video chats.

-- Maria


On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Scott Reed <sreed at avacoda.com> wrote:

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>  Nancy,
>   If no one here has what you are looking for, I have had good luck buying
> older model Thinkpads on eBay. Thinkpads are well made and outlast most
> other brands. You can get a base Pentium II model that will run Windows XP
> for under $50 plus shipping. If you get one with more features like wireless
> networking or a more recent CPU, it will still go for under $100.
>   The main thing to look out for in any used laptop is the battery. They
> are usually well worn and will need replacing (for nearly the price of the
> whole thing)  if you will be running unplugged for more than 15 minutes at a
> time. However, as you probably know it's usually possible to find an outlet.
>   Scott
>
> Nancy Salwen [11/17/2008 8:57 AM] wrote:
>
>
> Hi Everyone -
>  I'm looking for an inexpensive, PC laptop - used. All I need it for is to
> proof web pages (and if my 9 year old son could play some online games with
> it that would be great too!). I'm a graphic designer and work on a Mac, so I
> don't need this PC to do anything complicated. I'm hoping that I can get
> away with spending a couple hundred bucks or less on this - is this
> reasonable?
>
>  Does anyone have an old laptop they want to get rid of cheap?
>
>  Thanks so much!
> Nancy
>
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