Looking for a second hand laptop in good condition.

[The Backlash Cometh]

I know, especially for students who are in the Techie world, their laptops become obsolete by the time they graduate and so they're in the market to upgrade. Thus, I know I'm not completely nuts in hoping to find a good second hand laptop. My needs are wordprocessing, computer access and a laptop that can play DVDs.

[Donnachaidh]

1. Have you tried your local small computer repair shops?

I'm finding that many of ours are selling older laptops. And many have prices that are lower than BestBuy's *sales*, and usually has the amount of memory needed for the installed OS (something BestBuy doesn't always do on sale items).

I'd shop around locally before trying on the net. YMMV.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Thanks.

You're not suggesting that DUers are not trustworthy, are you? JK :-)

[NMDemDist2]

2. I've bought all my laptops on eBay used

just got my step mom one last Xmas and she loves it

there are quite a few dealers on there that have the corporate lease returns for sale. they're 1-2 years old and work great for $300-$400 bucks

:hi:

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. Sounds like my ballpark.

Thanks~

[NMDemDist2]

5. and since they're lease returns, they are the top of the line units

good memory, fast processors etc

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. Wow! The average is 15 bids per computer.

This is the first one I found that is near what I'm looking for, but the RAM seems low. What do you think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/COMPAQ-Evo-N1000v-P4-2GHz-Laptop-DVD-CDRW-512MB-WIFI-XP_W0QQitemZ370038881481QQihZ024QQcategoryZ177QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[NMDemDist2]

7. I think you need a gig of ram these days

find one you like and do the 'buy it now' option, but he looks like a good seller

there's several of them, but his feedback is good and the shipping prices seem fair. and it's already loaded with XP so that's good.

have fun :hi:

http://cgi.ebay.com/DELL-D610-P-M-Centrino-1-73GH-Laptop-CDRW-DVD-1024MB-XP_W0QQitemZ370040813930QQihZ024QQcategoryZ177QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem