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jamielynn4u · 06-24-2011, 07:42 PM

I am currently looking for a new (new to me) laptop... Mine is in the shop and i thought it was minor, maybe a virus from my choice of XXX sites... well the diagonostic came back and it needs a new mother board. They said around 350$ area. Wow ugh ya i dont love it that much... so anyway, the places around town say laptops 100-200 on street signs but i have yet to find any truth in it.. Any suggestions? Thanks

Chica Chaser · 06-24-2011, 08:01 PM

I recently bought a brand new laptop off the rack at BestBuy for just over $300. It has more than enough juice for everything I want to do both here and in my personal life.

HP NV51B08U
3GB DDR
AMD Dual Core C50
AMD Radeon HD6250
320 GB HDD
15.6" 19:9 HD LED LCD
DVD and WebCam, Wireless
Windows7

Forget spending cash on something used that you have no idea where is been or been through.

littlemissk27 · 06-24-2011, 08:03 PM

Mine is an Acer netbook (the little laptops

) and I love it! I paid around 300 for it-brand new... It doesn't have as much storage/memory as a laptop, but I honestly haven't had any trouble with that.

badbottom · 06-25-2011, 12:04 PM

If you still have the laptop and want a second opinion, PM me here. I do computer repair and specialize in remote access repair, Microsoft certified, and I don't mind doing a free estimate for you to find out what is really going on. And if it turns out you really need a new one, I would recommend buying a brand new PC with a warranty. Too many times I see people buying used PC's with no OS restore discs and if something catastrophic happens they are screwed. Sometimes it is cheaper to spend a little bit more up front.

Guest072311 · 06-25-2011, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by badbottom

If you still have the laptop and want a second opinion, PM me here. I do computer repair ....

Great advise from bad, Jamie. Best way to know for sure. Thanks for helping her out Bad.

Have you every used a netbook - they are not much more than a keyboard, you just are struggling to get by. You can get a desktop (same as well) in that same price range but not very portable. Warrenty issues are a whole different ballpark however.

HeatherNicole · 06-25-2011, 07:36 PM

I recently went through that same problem and got a great Toshiba from Best Buy for about 500 including geek squad support and everything.