Recommended 2nd hand laptop $500-$750?

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Anyone have any recommendations for a 2nd hand laptop, price range about $500 to $750? Use is for a college student, general purpose.

Also I notice emachines laptops have good features but low resale (example m5305) Are these good buys on the used market?

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<ignoramus@ignorant.igg> wrote in message
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> Anyone have any recommendations for a 2nd hand laptop, price range about
$500 to $750? Use is for a college student, general purpose.
>
> Also I notice emachines laptops have good features but low resale (example
m5305) Are these good buys on the used market?
>
>

I've been looking at eBay for another cheap laptop to knock around but it
turn out new ones are cheaper, and better too, if you look around for a sale
combine with
rebates. $600US for a decent laptop after rebate is not unusual. Perfect for
a college student. Expect to go below $500 by the end of the year.

Who cares about resale value if a $4,000 laptop today will go under $400 in
about 4 years.

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> Anyone have any recommendations for a 2nd hand laptop, price range about $500 to $750? Use is for a college student, general purpose.

Why 2nd hand when brand-new, faster, warrantied laptops are selling for
$500-$750 today?

www.fatwallet.com/forums/ -> hot deals

http://www.fatwallet.com/redirect/ [...] 006s&s=bsd

Dell Inspiron 1150 @ $749

Many, many other new notebooks sell for the same price range.