# Buying used laptop help... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 30, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-used-laptop-help/58993 "2008-11-30T15:10:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-used-laptop-help/58993/1 "2008-11-30T15:10:47Z")
i’m pretty sure my dad is getting me a used laptop for christmas. what brand should he get that is most conducive for upgrading and being repaired (ie dell being proprietary?) i dont do any gaming (yet?), but I HATE waiting for a computer… ive been looking on ebay and a (seems decent to me) refurbed computer goes for like 300 please advise on what i should give him for specs, he kind of knows computers but i’m sure he could use some direction all i necessarily care about is that it has a dvd read/cd write drive, internal wireless card, and the little nub in the middle of the keyboard for the mouse. right now my desktop has a 190 gig hard drive and i am using about 11, and the only thing that slows it down is itunes, and my gf is getting me an itouch for x mas… thanks ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-used-laptop-help/58993/2 "2008-11-30T15:22:34Z")
pm sent… ---
**Author:** ![Treads4Heads](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/treads4heads/32/7416_2.png) [@Treads4Heads](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Treads4Heads)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-used-laptop-help/58993/3 "2008-11-30T20:41:23Z")
349 vostros from dell. 2.13 gig processor, gig of ram, 120gigs of space, and a brand new computer. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-used-laptop-help/58993/4 "2008-12-01T06:13:54Z")
arent dells no good for upgrading?