should I go new or used...laptop poll question

[xdude]

well it appears that I have 3 choices
1) get a new lcd (screen) for the laptop $75 on Ebay
2) get a used laptop off ebay and just swap my drive ( $110)
3) is it time to get a new laptop? $380-$450

as I said in the chat , I split liquid on the screen, and it is now UN-usable..

my current laptop does what I need , but the last laptop I replaced the screen and that only got me another year . and never got back together right ..
I saw that my laptop is so old , replacements on ebay are only 100-150 for the whole thing... 5 minutes swapping disks and I could be up and running ..where as the lcd replacement would take a couple of hours...
the laptop is 4.5 years old( pretty surprised when I looked it up) and laptops don't really last that long..but I have to admit this one seems sturdy... and the part that really sucks is I will have to set-up a new laptop and move my book marks. configurations etc..

I am leaning toward replacement and swapping drive ...
looking for opinions ,
no wrong answer here

[Nbencze]

Get a mac period!
So much less of a headache than running windows. We own two macbook pros, and a MacBook Air. They are more money, but worth every penny.

[xdude]

Get a mac period!
So much less of a headache than running windows. We own two macbook pros, and a MacBook Air. They are more money, but worth every penny.

how do you know I don't have one, I never mention what I have ? must be the cost since Mac would cost 4-5 times as much.. for the most part I run Ubuntu... windows occasionally ...but I suppose I could also run a hackintosh

http://www.macbreaker.com/2014/04/the-best-hackintosh-laptops-of-2013-2014.html

[Nbencze]

If you do stick with the PC you could just buy a new or used PC, and put your old hard drive in a external hard drive cover. You can buy them on amazon.

[SlevinsBrother]

Chromebook.


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[Ironguruera]

It its your only laptop I would get a new one and update. I like Mac but it's not cheap.
Way less problems from porn with the Mac lol.

[xdude]

new has it's advantages, longer battery life being a major one., I don't really want a mac on the grounds that I already work with a lot of different OS's ...I don't need another one ..besides no OS is going to prevent you from spilling something on the screen and ruining it ;)

[Big Hoss]

I think you should DOWNGRADE to a 1980's TRS-80 and use DOS. Less headaches, very stable, and reliable. Those f*ckers can run circles around any Apple or Windows-based PC's any day of the week! Ha! :loco:

[xdude]

I think you should DOWNGRADE to a 1980's TRS-80 and use DOS. Less headaches, very stable, and reliable. Those f*ckers can run circles around any Apple or Windows-based PC's any day of the week! Ha! :loco:

like the old days with Dos an prodigy, and compuserve
back to the days where thiis site would be a builtin board
the squeal of the modem , at a whopping 2.4 K

[Big Hoss]

like the old days with Dos an prodigy, and compuserve
back to the days where thiis site would be a builtin board
the squeal of the modem , at a whopping 2.4 K

Yep... good times!

[BigBones]

CL one or eBay. That screen may be just the first of multiple things to go.

[xdude]

man there are a million options out there ... I gotten it down to a few model's ... it quickly escalated out of control.. I am looking at a $750 model right now. I am looking for 17 inch Screen and 1080P . and that get's me up there to the top of line laptops..but the higher resolution is something that will solve a lot a couple problems ..

[BigBones]

Whats the need on the 1080?

[xdude]

well I attended a webex class a couple times a week, we get the chat window, the audio control and teachers desktop and that chat windows is always in the way
SO I need the desktop space...they do make a 15 inch 1080 p however the icons and fonts are tiny

[BigBones]

Im still confused on why you need 1080P. I could be wrong but does the teacher stream 1080 (most likely 480 or 720) or do they record in 1080 (thats one bulky video for teaching imo - then again I have no.idea what the the class/track of study is dictacting the need for such low level detail like I needed in Med school).

Icons and fonts you can blow up through the display settings in windows. Is that what you need to be larger or in the video/stream itself?

I only ask cuz I don't want to see you waste money. <3

[xdude]

No it is a webex session, and the teacher streaming at say 1280 by 800, then you have a chat window which I would like to get out of the way from the Teachers window and move to the side , and have a small amount of space left over for a mail window... I found a 15 inch that does 1080P and that looked like a good deal ..

I actually found one for under $500 that is 17" and 1080 P and an i5
the $750 one was a deal through work and was an i7 ,16 gb , and 1 tb hybrid drive ( way over the top glorious over kill )
I personally have ruled out touch screen , because I hate finger prints

just say Best buy had a 13 inch with 3200 by 1800 ...wow that is a little ridiculous

[BigBones]

Oh so you have a resolution size requirement. That makes sense, have more space to have more open without visual overlap.

Also, sounds like you dont need high end graphics (1080P level of detail).

I can find you a really good deal for under
$500 that will exceed your needs. 500+GB, i7 quad core, 8GB ram and resolution (screen space) up to 1900x1300 or so.

Let me know and I will post you some suggestions.

[xdude]

the new ones are coming with the 5th generation processor ... so I have been searching a round . I7 is overkill for a laptop ,and will just suck down power...
I saw today that the 4k models are coming ( wow those are ridiculous 3200 by 1800 and that was a 13 inch ! )
I don't like touch screen ( am I the only one freaking over finger prints on the screen? I think I must be in the minority here )
pm me with some choices .. I am willing to look Thanks

[xdude]

been having computer issue ( beside this one) and rather than reinstall on a new one ,reconfigure . copy over emails etc
I bought a display on Ebay ( punch in my model number out pops 5 displays vendors) and I will tell you this..
If you own a Toshiba ...replacement took just over an hour , and that was me going slow.. this feels like coming home
Windows 10 is coming 4k displays are coming , I think it would be better to wait
Beside I prefer windows 7 and Linux

[BigBones]

Smart man.

[xdude]

ended up getting a deal through work ..complete and total over kill but it has the display

the old slippery slope though.... get this one which has what you need..
for a little more ..get a lot more
for a little more get the support contract that covers spills..
a little more get the 4k TV
order it now .. get 10% back ..finance through dell another 10%
end result I spent more and got the killer Laptop

[BigBones]

Good man. If you will use the extras sounds like a good buy.

[xdude]

wow the monitor is sweet now to get rid of windows 8.1

[BigBones]

Free win10 upgrade? Make sure to read about the security/privacy issues. They can easily be mitigated.

[xdude]

win 10 is nothing compared to android as far privacy in my opinion

[BigBones]

Agree with you but if you are going to drop the Windows OS and move to an Android distro there are even better privacy OS's distros.

My top 3 are Parrot Security, JonDo, and lastly Tails (in that order, all Linux).

[xdude]

Android is Google's privacy invasion OS, Linux is another story... hmm could do A hackintosh..

[BigBones]

Hack it up!

[xdude]

well I have been delaying transfer data from my old laptop to the new ... once the display was replaced ...
it was what I was comfortable with..

well apparently the screen failing was a harbinger of things to come and I should have scrapped it then .
it is now dead ... no post ..

I had the box , and it was a decent laptop, just low res screen...
darn I was thinking I could sell it on Ebay for a nice bit of coin ...

anyhow yesterday I got linux on the new one ( win10 has issues that I don't like)
and copied the mozilla and thunderbird file over from the old hard drive
... boom I am back in action..
on the new laptop ..love this screen . the keyboard is a little awkward and will take a while to get used to..
the battery life is off the chart ... I could start to get use to this ...

see what I can get for the scrap old one ..

So the correct answer was go new ...and I took the wrong route ;(

[Lunchbox]

well I have been delaying transfer data from my old laptop to the new ... once the display was replaced ...
it was what I was comfortable with..

well apparently the screen failing was a harbinger of things to come and I should have scrapped it then .
it is now dead ... no post ..

I had the box , and it was a decent laptop, just low res screen...
darn I was thinking I could sell it on Ebay for a nice bit of coin ...

anyhow yesterday I got linux on the new one ( win10 has issues that I don't like)
and copied the mozilla and thunderbird file over from the old hard drive
... boom I am back in action..
on the new laptop ..love this screen . the keyboard is a little awkward and will take a while to get used to..
the battery life is off the chart ... I could start to get use to this ...

see what I can get for the scrap old one ..

So the correct answer was go new ...and I took the wrong route ;(

Live and learn right! Good lord how many times i have said that in the past... lol

[xdude]

well on the bright side I didn't loose any data
and there are a number of websites where I have a password that Firefox is saving, including this one ..
and didn't loose them ...

[BigBones]

Nice. Data transfer is usually the biggest problem. Especially going from one OS to another.