[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

[abreauj at gmail.com (John Abreau)]

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>
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> hehehehe, wanna try that again with the message in the message body
> instead of the subject?
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> that
> > some computers do not li...
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