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Title: i need to find me an cheap laptop and need some help buying it
Post by: mreed6 on December 09, 2012, 11:33:29 am
well i need some new friends to help me but dont have none right.
Title: Re: i need to find me an cheap laptop and need some help buying it
Post by: Getinonthis on December 09, 2012, 08:24:56 pm
There's a few great offers out there right now, but buying a laptop also depends on what you're going to be using it for.
So look past cheap and focus more on getting a laptop that meet your needs. Also look for a Windows 8 (Latest Windows)
above 2GB of memory, Hard-drive space 350GB or more, "Very important," ask about the release date of the processor, you
need to be up to date: AMD E2 and above or Intel i3 and above. (last but not least battery life) energy star.
Title: Re: i need to find me an cheap laptop and need some help buying it
Post by: syorker82 on December 09, 2012, 08:51:28 pm
well i need some new friends to help me but dont have none right.

Hey you mentioned that you need a cheap laptop and help paying for it.  Well the fastest way that will happen if you sign up for one of those online schools that give you a laptop for attending their school. 
Title: Re: i need to find me an cheap laptop and need some help buying it
Post by: ruevouge on December 09, 2012, 09:18:33 pm
"Friends" aren't exactly all that you need and I'm not sure how friends have anything to do at all with getting a laptop.  If you are able to get on here daily and work a while and save your pennies every which way you can get them, you will be able to afford a laptop in no time.  If you just need something to get online with try going with a netbook.  They don't have a lot of space for downloading stuff but they are very cheap, lightweight and good to do regular stuff on.  You might could find one between 2-3 hundred versus a laptop ranging 5 hundred into the thousands.
Title: Re: i need to find me an cheap laptop and need some help buying it
Post by: jsmith96 on December 10, 2012, 12:33:53 am
Re: i need to find me an cheap laptop and need some help buying it
well i need some new friends to help me but dont have none right.

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa239/HappySmith52/TypingOnPC.gif)Hmmm... I'm kinda wondering ? This was/is the start of "mreed6" thread/post; no more than 5 minutes apart ?
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Are these jobs are scams well some jobs i did are scams and i will not do it cause im wasting time

Something don't seem quite-right ? I just can't put my finger on it (YET) ?
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Title: Re: i need to find me an cheap laptop and need some help buying it
Post by: oldbuddy on December 10, 2012, 06:11:21 am
The laptop I am using right now cost me $21.50 on Ebay. I bought one that was for Parts Only, but in the ad I noticed it would boot to the BIOS. I bought a USB stick for $5 and loaded BrowserLinux on it and it works fine for browsing the Internet and can't get spyware or viruses.
Title: Re: i need to find me an cheap laptop and need some help buying it
Post by: gennjen on December 10, 2012, 09:01:08 am
Why don't you to quibids.com and bid on one. you might just get one for under $100.
Title: Re: i need to find me an cheap laptop and need some help buying it
Post by: charmaine56 on December 10, 2012, 10:30:37 am
Ol Buddy is really smart in that he knows how to make a lap top work. How about you search ebay for us who need laps (my 600 lap was stolen within 3 months of buying it) and let us know when you see one with a bios thing that can be fixed to internet use. We love your experience! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: i need to find me an cheap laptop and need some help buying it
Post by: oldbuddy on December 10, 2012, 11:18:00 am
Ol Buddy is really smart in that he knows how to make a lap top work. How about you search ebay for us who need laps (my 600 lap was stolen within 3 months of buying it) and let us know when you see one with a bios thing that can be fixed to internet use. We love your experience! :thumbsup:

It just takes patience. Get on ebay and do an advanced search for "laptop not working" in Computers/Tablets, check located in United States and sort by Time Ending Soonest so you can snag one that doesn't have much interest. Add any other search criteria you want and save that search. Then run it every few days and look for a bargain. There is some risk involved, so use common sense to pick one that will fit your needs. It took me 3 days to find mine.
Title: Re: i need to find me an cheap laptop and need some help buying it
Post by: Mojoshog on December 10, 2012, 11:53:37 am
Nice... Sounds like the old hard drive just failed. You could probably boot from a CD also if it has one of those. Also could probably run a full linux distro like ubantu but would still need a flash drive or similar for storage. Flash drives have gotten so inexpensive.
You probably know all of this already but might be useful for others.
Title: Re: i need to find me an cheap laptop and need some help buying it
Post by: oldbuddy on December 10, 2012, 12:31:26 pm
Nice... Sounds like the old hard drive just failed. You could probably boot from a CD also if it has one of those. Also could probably run a full linux distro like ubantu but would still need a flash drive or similar for storage. Flash drives have gotten so inexpensive.
You probably know all of this already but might be useful for others.

I run my laptop with an 8Gb flash drive I got for $5 at Office Depot and installed BrowserLinux on it.
Title: Re: i need to find me an cheap laptop and need some help buying it
Post by: zenlife2000 on December 10, 2012, 12:41:30 pm
well i need some new friends to help me but dont have none right.
Buy from BestBuy, they have great computer. :icon_rr: :heart: :star: ;D :D
Title: Re: i need to find me an cheap laptop and need some help buying it
Post by: demaina on December 10, 2012, 02:17:59 pm
Check out TigerDirect.com.  You can generally get a lot of electronics from them kinds cheaply.  I believe we got my mom's laptop for $300 but I don't remember.  Really depends how cheap you mean.
Title: Re: i need to find me an cheap laptop and need some help buying it
Post by: amahomes on December 10, 2012, 02:28:19 pm
Dose this mean you do not need wireless internet service.  I live in a small  town I wondweful if Walmart have one.