As new, fairly capable laptops can be bought from 'major players' from

As new, fairly capable laptops can be bought from 'major players' from

Yeah, that was my feeling, these days. Just thought there must be an outlet somewhere for ones that have been re-possesed, taken as assets of folded companies etc, that were named brands and perhaps 6/12 months old.

While

PCwarehouse sell cheap laptops Steve

Yeah, that was my feeling, these days. Just thought there must be an outlet somewhere for ones that have been re-possesed, taken as assets of folded companies etc, that were named brands and perhaps 6/12 months old.

Unfortunately most companies tend to purchase in the

PCwarehouse sell cheap laptops Steve

Got a link Len - quite a bit coming back from a Google search

Cheers

Steve

Hint: Manchester

PCwarehouse sell cheap laptops Steve

But

I agree - its got to be worth spending

The Compaq Evo looks Ok for

I've got a 1.0ghz laptop for sale if anyone is interested.

Round about the

The Compaq Evo looks Ok for

One thing I dont need is another laptop as we have 4 in our house.....

I was looking more towards something of the 'last of the old' P4 vintage, or perhaps a newer Celeron. P4-2.0Ghz perhaps, or a Celeron 1.3, something like that.

Seems I'll be keeping an eye on eBay, probably for local ones that I can go have a look at.

Cheers guys,

Steve

I was looking more towards something of the 'last of the old' P4 vintage, or perhaps a newer Celeron. P4-2.0Ghz perhaps, or a Celeron 1.3, something like that.

Seems I'll be keeping an eye on eBay, probably for local ones that I can go have a look at.

Cheers guys,

Steve

I hope you mean Centrino as Celeron are , to put it mildly, Cr*p.

I wouldnt touch a second hand laptop unless it was given to me.

1. you have no warranty and unless you can prove you bought it from new your insurance wont pay out on it.

2. if something does go wrong they are that expensive to fix that its not worth it and would be cheaper to buy a new one.

the best advice ive seen on here for you is to save up about

One thing I dont need is another laptop as we have 4 in our house.....

Why don't you help this Geezer out and sell him one ???

Mater - thanks for posting, but I do know what the requirements are in this case. And that's not to spend

Why don't you help this Geezer out and sell him one ???

Because I would want more than Steve can pay

I would expect nothing less Len I'm prepared to pay nothing, as it's not for me

Steve

I know Steve, I did read the first post

I hope you mean Centrino as Celeron are , to put it mildly, Cr*p.

I wouldnt touch a second hand laptop unless it was given to me.

1. you have no warranty and unless you can prove you bought it from new your insurance wont pay out on it.

2. if something does go wrong they are that expensive to fix that its not worth it and would be cheaper to buy a new one.

the best advice ive seen on here for you is to save up about

Are you going to advise people who come on here asking about Skodas to buy a brand new M5 at six times the cost?

A second hand laptop in decent condition is more than up to the job for a lot of people and as for insurance companies refusing to pay out if you can't prove you bought it as new.....

That's just nonsense and would apply to any second hand item equally if it were true

Whats with all the negative waves Moriarty:eek:

If you read my post properly then you will see that i advised that a

Mater - thanks for posting, but I do know what the requirements are in this case. And that's not to spend

As for insurance companies i had a secondhand laptop on which the screen went. It was gonna cost

i do have accident cover which includes drop smash spilt liquids etc but they still wouldnt pay out.

The screen is a pretty big Foooooking component as without it the lappy is kinda useless:P

Its like your car not having an engine you can see its their you can even sit in it but you wont be able to go anywhere and if you have fully comp insurance then they should pay out as long as you pay the excess.