Thread: $750 laptop budget

I have a hot laptop that used to belong to a Red Sox fan. Call me.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

I have a hot laptop that used to belong to a Red Sox fan. Call me.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

I have a hot laptop that used to belong to a Red Sox fan. Call me.

i wondered what happened to soxmuscle.

I don't get it. I don't post for a couple weeks and you fewls already have these inside jokes.

fill me in

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

To make a long story short.

I was watching baseball (Extra Innings is free this week) and hanging out with my roommates all night in my living room which is located right next to the front door.

Around 1AM, my girlfriend calls me to go pick her up, I come back shortly thereafter and just decide to leave my computer in the living room and head to bed with her.

Around 445AM, my girlfriend wakes me up complaining that she heard something in the other room and was scared.

I get up, still dazed and confused and walk into my living room. The light had been turned on even though I vividly remember turning it off and my computer isn't where I had last left it, so I run outside.

I see some big huge nig about fifty yards from my house approaching a wooded area near my house. I start shouting at him calling him a motherfucker, telling I'm going to kill him and the usual soxmuscle insults I use when extremely angered.

I run on my driveway, but realize I'm not going to be able to chase after him with only boxers on (no shoes). So I run back inside, grab a t-shirt, a pair of shorts and my shoes and start sprinting after him.

He's farther away from my house but still only walking briskly --the only reason he wasn't running, IMO is because he was physically unable to with all the shit he stole-- so I run after him and am close to catching up to him but then he enters the woods. I run back to my house, grab a golf club, wake all of my roommates up and head back outside to try and take matters into my own hands.

By this time (a matter of five minutes, possibly less), the guy is completely out of sight and my roommates and girlfriend advise me not to go looking for him.

I call the police, they come to our house. As they're coming, we realize that also missing from our living room is our Xbox360, two controllers, a couple of games, an Ipod docking speaker system, an Ipod and my Ipod shuffle charger.

The police show up, go through the the usual (give me a description, what'd he take, etc.) stuff and inform us that the only way we're going to get those items back are if this guy is stopped this morning (which he wasn't) or if he's pulled over for a random traffic stop and they find the items in his car.

So I guess I won't be posting until I get this computer situation resolved, which probably is a good thing for some of you.

Good luck, I love you, and fuck my life.

Originally Posted by I Are Baboon

Sorry to hear it, man. It was probably a Yankee fan. They are all criminals.

A few weeks ago my car got broken into in our "secure" () parking garage at work. They smashed the drivers side window and stole the Sirius radio from the dashboard, so I promptly called Sirius and reported the radio stolen. Fucking idiot won't be able to use it, and they left my ipod, cell phone, and $160 sunglasses behind.

I wanted to upgrade the radio anyway.

Originally Posted by ROID

I don't get it. I don't post for a couple weeks and you fewls already have these inside jokes.

fill me in

hmmmmm......something tells me this could possibly be an inaccurate description of said stolen lab top.

I've watched a lot of CSI and L&O.

I'm calling bullshit. Probably pawned it

Well that's what you get for having all the fun alone....Next time don't forget us, K?

Originally Posted by ROID

I don't get it. I don't post for a couple weeks and you fewls already have these inside jokes.

fill me in

I will gladly help you out, but please post what you will be using the system for. Word processing, gaming, music, video etc. That changes everything

Post back and I will hook you up with a few nice systems to look at.

Originally Posted by jmorrison

I will gladly help you out, but please post what you will be using the system for. Word processing, gaming, music, video etc. That changes everything

Post back and I will hook you up with a few nice systems to look at.

honestly all I really NEED it for is word processing ~excel~ but it'll be used for a little bit of everything.

I was just wondering if there were any exceptionally good deals floating around out there. I would like to have a Mac but i'm not dropping 2 grand for a lap top. gateway /dell is the route i'm going probably maybe a sony.

minimum: 2gig ram
200gb HD
128mb video card
cd/dvd burner
2.8 to 3+ghz processor

Us Alabamians gotta stick together yo, forget the rest of these fools

Ok here ya go

I have been building systems for several years, and I stopped messing with laptops when I discovered newegg and tiger's refurbish program. I simply can't beat the deals you can find there, and the warranties are still good. Don't let the "refurb" status scare you. If it doesn't work right you can still return it the same as a new one, and you still get your customer care and all of that. Plus it shaves several hundred if not a thousand dollars off what a "new" system costs. Keep in mind that refurbished does not mean "used". A refurb is a system that was returned for any reason, recertified, and put back up for sale.

I will link a few nice systems for you, and if you need more help just hit me up in a PM. I can narrow it down more for you if you have more specific criteria.

I wouldn't look so much at brand names. They all use the same hardware and some off brands such as Acer make exceptional products for the money.

I recommend tigerdirect. They are a great company that has got thousands of my dollars over the years. Their shipping is fast, their customer service is impeccable, buying with them is easy, and their prices are good.

Here is a list, let me know if you need anymore help.

$350.00-$450
Acer Aspire AS4330-2403 Refurbished Notebook PC - Intel Celeron 575 2.0GHz, 2GB DDR2, 120GB HDD, DVDRW, 14.1" WXGA, Windows Vista Home Basic, Onyx Blue RB-LX.AU10Y.003 at TigerDirect.com

HP G60-121WM Refurbished Laptop Computer - AMD Sempron SI-40 2.0GHz, 3GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, DL DVDRW, 15.6" TFT, Vista Home Premium RB-FT468UAR at TigerDirect.com ****this one is nice for the cash

$450.00-$550.00

Dell Inspiron 1501 Refurbished Notebook PC - AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-58 1.9GHz, 2GB DDR2, 120GB HDD, CD-RWDVD, 15.4" XGA, Vista Home Premium RB-NBK-021135-AO at TigerDirect.com ***I'm not a big Dell fan, but this is a really nice system for the money***

Gateway T-6321 Refurbished Laptop Computer - Intel Pentium Dual-Core T2370 1.73GHz, 802.11g Wireless, 3GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, DL DVDRW, 14.1" WXGA, Integrated Webcam, Winows Vista Home Premium, Red RB-1015358R at TigerDirect.com

Gateway T-1628 Refurbished Notebook PC - AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile TL-60 2.0GHz, 802.11g Wireless, 3GB DDR2, 250GB HDD, DL DVDRW, HDMI, 14.1" WXGA, Webcam, Silver, Windows Vista Home Premium RB-1015326R at TigerDirect.com ***Another nice one****

$550.00 - $650.00

Gateway M-6848 Refurbished Notebook PC - Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 2.0GHz, 4GB DDR2, 250GB HDD, DVDRW DL Labelflash, Webcam, 802.11abg WLAN, 15.4" WXGA, Vista Home Premium, Garnet Red RB-1015598R at TigerDirect.com

Gateway T-6836 Refurbished Notebook PC - Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 2.0GHz, 802.11g Wireless, 4GB DDR2, 250GB HDD, DL DVDRW, 14.1" WXGA, Integrated Webcam, Windows Vista Home Premium (Pacific Blue) RB-1015592R at TigerDirect.com

Gateway M-6866 Refurbished Laptop Computer - Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 2.0GHz, Bluetooth, 802.11abgn WLAN, 4GB DDR2, 320GB HDD, DL DVDRW, 15.4" WXGA, Webcam, Windows Vista Home Premium (Pacific Blue) RB-1015670R at TigerDirect.com ***This is a great system for the cash****

$650.00 - $750.00

HP Pavilion DV9927cl Refurbished Notebook Computer – AMD Turion X2 TL-62 2.1GHz, 4GB DDR2, 500GB, DVDRW, 17” WXGA, Vista Home Premium 64-bit RB-HPFE698UAR at TigerDirect.com ***Probably my favorite in the price range you are looking at***

HP dv5-1007cl Refurbished Notebook PC - Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 2.0GHz, 4GB DDR2, 320GB HDD, Blu-RayDVDRW, 15.4" WXGA, Vista Home Premium 64 RB-HPFE855UAR at TigerDirect.com ***pretty nice with Blu-Ray***

Wow.

someone who actually has useful information. I could have used you a few weeks back when one of my pc's crashed.

I appreciate it. You can probably look forward to weekly or bi-weekly PMs.

I hereby nominate you as most useful person in open chat.

North or south alabama ?

I am originally from Ohio, but was stationed at Rucker in 2001 and never got around to leaving. So now I live in a small town called Andalusia in southern Al.

How about yourself?

Huntsville at the moment. you're Army ?

Ex-Army now, but yeah. Was ATC for 6 years.

I thought about joining the neighborhood watch onetime.

Watch....as in peeking through the neighbors blinds?

that's classified information sir

Watch... as in watching the neighbors valuables being carried down the street.

Originally Posted by ROID

that's classified information sir

Post voyeur pics please.

Originally Posted by IronAddict

Watch... as in watching the neighbors valuables being carried down the street.

And getting them at half price......5 finger discount.