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Well, our Toshiba seems to be on its last legs here. It's taking increasing fiddling and acrobatics in order to get the power plug to the point where it'll recognize it and actually function. This is after our Toshiba supplied AC adapter died.
So after a year with the thing, my family is looking to replace the thing. We paid about $600 for the old one, and my mom isn't sure how much she wants to pay for a replacement. So 400-600 is about the range. Lower than that would be welcomed.
At the moment the laptop we have is a 1.5 GHZ model with 512 MB of RAM and a 40 gig hard drive. So optimally we'd like something at least that good or better. My little brother plays World of Warcraft, so we'd like it to be able to run that. A bigger hard drive is something we'd also like, as what we have is a little cramped.
What we'd really like was the thing to last for at least two years. We don't have the money to buy a new computer every year. This is the third laptop we've had that has had the power connector turn to absolute crap. So we'd like something a bit more durable.
This is something that's carried around on a day to day basis as well, as it accompanies my siblings to social events at the local church and community center, which have Wifi. We have Wifi in the home so a built in Wifi card is a must.
A CD/DVD player is a must also. Burning capability, not so much.
Everyone here is used to Windows, so XP is required. No Vista.
So after a year with the thing, my family is looking to replace the thing. We paid about $600 for the old one, and my mom isn't sure how much she wants to pay for a replacement. So 400-600 is about the range. Lower than that would be welcomed.
At the moment the laptop we have is a 1.5 GHZ model with 512 MB of RAM and a 40 gig hard drive. So optimally we'd like something at least that good or better. My little brother plays World of Warcraft, so we'd like it to be able to run that. A bigger hard drive is something we'd also like, as what we have is a little cramped.
What we'd really like was the thing to last for at least two years. We don't have the money to buy a new computer every year. This is the third laptop we've had that has had the power connector turn to absolute crap. So we'd like something a bit more durable.
This is something that's carried around on a day to day basis as well, as it accompanies my siblings to social events at the local church and community center, which have Wifi. We have Wifi in the home so a built in Wifi card is a must.
A CD/DVD player is a must also. Burning capability, not so much.
Everyone here is used to Windows, so XP is required. No Vista.
