My youngest has a 17" Toshiba with an i7 processor that we bought in 2010 for close to $1000 at one of the big box office supply stores. With the exception of adding a high capacity battery a couple of years ago, it's still going strong.
Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jan 6, 2015, at 10:19 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I have been tracking the lower end laptops for #2 boy. The 15" models can be > had for $250 at Fry's. That gets you a dual core, 4 gig ram, and 500 gig > drive. They run Win 8 out of the box. Those are good enough to run for a > few years and swap out for another. Cutting edge laptops would be the i5 or > i7, but those are expensive and fail anyway in four years. > > #1 boy has a four year old i7 that is showing its age. Upgraded the HDD, > battery is worn down, it needs an external optical drive, but the screen > still runs. Windows has shat on the thing three times since he has owned it. > It required a full rebuild and for some reason keeps crapping itself. > > clay > >> On Jan 6, 2015, at 1:58 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: >> >> I'm sticking with windows for now. Low end refurbished machines run about >> $250 or so, new machines start about $400, but not much machine at that >> price point. >> >> Max Dillon, >> Charleston SC >>> On Jan 6, 2015 4:54 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel" <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> They have to be dirt cheap now. Unless you insist on a Mac product... >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Saving up for a new laptop now. >>>> >>>> Max Dillon, >>>> Charleston SC >>>> >>>> On Jan 6, 2015 4:26 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel" <astrasfo...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> What did you buy with the savings, Meade? >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >>>> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner >>>> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
