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) > <b...@nedharvey.com <mailto:b...@nedharvey.com>> wrote: > > hehehehe, wanna try that again with the message in the message > body instead of the subject? > > Subject truncated. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces+blu > <mailto:discuss-bounces%2Bblu>=nedharvey....@blu.org > <mailto:nedharvey....@blu.org>] On > > Behalf Of John J. Herda > > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:58 PM > > To: BLU Discussion List; Jerry Feldman > > Subject: [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 li... > > > > John J. Herda > > 10 Tinkham Avenue > > Burlington, MA 01803-1538 > > > > john_j_he...@yahoo.com <mailto:john_j_he...@yahoo.com> > > cell: 781-249-2396 <tel:781-249-2396> > > home: 781-273-0269 <tel:781-273-0269> > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss@blu.org <mailto:Discuss@blu.org> > > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org <mailto:Discuss@blu.org> > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix > Email: abre...@gmail.com <mailto:abre...@gmail.com> / WWW > http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 > PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 > -- Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:B7F14F2F PGP Key fingerprint: D937 A424 4836 E052 2E1B 8DC6 24D7 000F B7F1 4F2F _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss