[Discuss] My HP Pavilion's HD bit the dust and it is 13 years old, so instead of replacing the disk again, I would like a new laptop. But I would like to pay <$300. I do not expect the best or the biggest. I have been told that some computers do not l

[Steve Litt]

Is it my imagination, or are 8 year old laptops much more physically
robust than their modern counterparts? I have two laptops from 2006
that are still humming along with Lubuntu, while most of my
later-purchased laptops physically fell apart.

Of course, the later purchased ones were used by my kids. But the 2006
ones were visibly built like tanks.

SteveT

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On Sat, 30 May 2015 07:04:09 -0400
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:

> Also possibly consider a refurbished unit.
> Some PC makers sell them direct, such as Dell.
> Microcenter http://www.microcenter.com/ has store pickup
> Amazon also does refurbished.
> http://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n%3A565108%2Cp_n_condition-type%3A2224372011
> 
> However, I would be a bit selective.
> 
> 
> On 05/26/2015 07:41 PM, John Abreau wrote:
> > I have an Acer Aspire laptop that I'm very happy with. I purchased
> > it several years ago for about $250. It originally had 2 GB of RAM,
> > which I later upgraded to 8 GB, and the RAM upgrade may have kicked
> > the total cost above the $299 limit.
> >
> > The current model is selling at Amazon for $294.
> >
> > http://amzn.com/B00P6FM23W
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu)
> > <blu at nedharvey.com <mailto:blu at nedharvey.com>> wrote:
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> >     hehehehe, wanna try that again with the message in the message
> >     body instead of the subject?
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> >     years old, so
> >     > instead of replacing the disk again, I would like a new
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> >     > to pay <$300. I do not expect the best or the biggest. I have
> >     been told that
> >     > some computers do not li...
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