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Would you guys pay 70 for this laptop??
#14755787 - 07/12/11 08:23 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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travelmate 230/280
acer laptop probably 4 years old Windows xp cd slot for wifi 2gb comes with ac adapter and case (no software) works great just don't use it anymore.
I know it's shitty but for 70 do you think i could resell for 100?
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I'd run a virus scan on it and do some sort of performance check. Seems to be the only reason people throw out computers anymore now days.
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Re: Would you guys pay 70 for this laptop?? [Re: PeterPanda209]
#14755818 - 07/12/11 08:37 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I would put a fresh OS anyway
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Right on then if I had the money I might of bought it (if it was offered)
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Re: Would you guys pay 70 for this laptop?? [Re: PeterPanda209]
#14755862 - 07/12/11 08:56 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah, I don't want to drop the 70 on it even though I want one
Looking at it as an investment is the only way I'd buy it.
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For 60 I'll do it I'm thinking just bc it's dual core
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you guys are no help right now huh?
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It was already shitty when it came out. Worth the $70? In order to resell it for $100? What, and invest about 10hours in reinstalling Windooz and running all the updates, or 5 hours cleaning the current Win out and still have shitty performance? So you'll be working for $3-6/hour, with the risk that you can't get a $100 after all and the buyer complaining that it's a piece of crap and the hdd crashed. Nah, there's better trades than that, man.
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Re: Would you guys pay 70 for this laptop?? [Re: koraks]
#14756909 - 07/12/11 12:57 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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what are the specs of it
like... CPU RAM HDD Size Brand Model number screen size
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Re: Would you guys pay 70 for this laptop?? [Re: koraks]
#14757205 - 07/12/11 01:54 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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koraks said: It was already shitty when it came out. Worth the $70? In order to resell it for $100? What, and invest about 10hours in reinstalling Windooz and running all the updates, or 5 hours cleaning the current Win out and still have shitty performance? So you'll be working for $3-6/hour, with the risk that you can't get a $100 after all and the buyer complaining that it's a piece of crap and the hdd crashed. Nah, there's better trades than that, man.

I would have put a fresh os on though..
As an investment I should be making more and right now I can't take a chance of loosing my ass on it if it's broken or the hd is malfunctioned. This was just an excuse to consume.
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would you guys pay 115 for a compaq c300
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I got an HP for free because the previous owner never even bothered to simply format the HDD and do a fresh install. So I gladly took it from them, took a bit of it apart and cleaned out all the dust, reapplied TIM to the heatsink/cpu, upgraded RAM that was dirt cheap, and installed Win XP Pro since I had it laying around and the laptop ran great!
Prior to doing that shit it took the thing minutes to boot and couldn't even scroll through powerpoints. Eventually gave it to a buddy for $75 because of the usb wireless adapter/OS, but it was great for my wife prior to that. So if you know the components are sound and moderately up to the standards for simple shit like surfing the web, maybe using office, and watching movies then go for it.
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Re: Would you guys pay 70 for this laptop?? [Re: NobodyImportant]
#14758691 - 07/12/11 06:56 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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You have to list the specs,
Here;
TravelMate 280 Series Specifications
TravelMate 230X Specifications
I would pay $100 for those easy. .
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Re: Would you guys pay 70 for this laptop?? [Re: Shins]
#14759728 - 07/12/11 10:11 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yikes, I wouldn't even buy that. You'd have more fun with a smartphone and probably the same processing power. As was said previously, at least a dual-core that can support a sufficient amount of RAM.
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