Recent content by terrarizing

If you're trying to pass it off like it doesn't have one that's not cool, be honest. As far as fixing it I couldn't tell you, but as long as it is not a debilitating scratch it shouldn't matter too much.

Thanks MusenMouse, I'll keep that in mind. I will admit to being an Intel newb, I love computers but I'm always so budget orientated that I always get AMD CPU's. I suppose my only question is if I should give it a go or not, based on what I've said?

Yeah, I suppose I should have mentioned that the company gets these as donations, and that they're a non profit, makes more sense. I also want to clarify that they do sort through these, the guy explained they save all the i7's and some of the later AMD A- series, since they can fix those and...

Charger is separate, but I have a few of those already, and the battery may or may not be in the unit. And I can look as much as I want, its just a few shelves of laptops, some are missing everything they can be (and are effectively stripped), whereas some are entirely intact except for the HDD...

Oddly enough they do as exactly what I said. The company is both a non profit and a great pusher of recycling computer components, and extending the life of used parts, so I suppose that could be why. Provided, most of the computers they have in that section are not good for much other than...

I suppose you're right on the SSD, my current system has one and the boot times are awesome. It's just challenging to find an SSD that is decent, in size and speed, for $50, unless you catch a good sale. Do you happen to have any recommendations?

My local PC store has a large number of what they call "scrap" laptops. After chatting up the sales clerk I found out that almost all of these are still functioning, and some are still ok even cosmetically (they take out the HDD, and RAM so they can sell them separately, but they are otherwise...