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[leighblack]

Dear livejournal,

My mom wants to buy a used or refurbished laptop for herself. It doesn't need fancy bells and whistles. Just a wireless card and it needs to have XP, as I have no desire to teach her Vista. Anyone have any suggestions of where I can look for something for her? I'd like to stay away from Dell, but I guess I'm not specifically attached to any other brands. I love my Vaio, of course, but she should be okay with a Compaq or maybe an Acer or even a HP. Okay, maybe not a HP.

You guys R smrt and stuff, so I though you might have some ideas!

Thanks in advance!

(*hee* I love my mood icon for curious!)

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[missvn.livejournal.com]

TigerDirect.com has some decent machines - refurbished - pretty cheap. And they come with XP, not Vista.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Cool. Thanks!

[pimpstresslana.livejournal.com]

Geeks.com! That's where I got mine. It's refurbished, uses XP, is a core duo, has the wireless card already in it. Good stuff! Here's the link to the one I got that sounds like something your Mom would want. Plus, they're mad cheap and their refurbished items work just as well as factory direct.

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=AS5601AWLMI-R&cat=NBB

Plus, Acer makes the best laptops. They have great consumer ratings, better than Dell and HP. While the bigger name desktops like Dell, etc. are great, their laptops have some issues.

Okay, my little commercial is over! Good luck! :)

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

I was looking at that website the other day. Glad to know that you've bought something from them & been happy with it. I think maybe we'll order from there.

My friend has an Acer and it's okay, but not great. It's still better than a Dell though.