confused with the brand

[zaidh]

salam
i want to buy a notebook but i am confused which brand to take
recently i m getting a toshiba mini atom in good condition and reasonable price.
should i take toshiba??

 

[Chairman Ray]

Toshiba is a decent brand. However since you are buying a second hand notebook, you are gambling on more than just the brand. Be sure to run tests for the hard drive, cpu, and screen. You can find various free tests online. With second hand notebooks, you often have hard drives with bad sectors, cpus on their last legs, or screens with dead pixels on them.

 

[zaidh]

thanks alot for reply
i will surely act upon ur advice..

 

[zaidh]

thanks for your reply
please let me know about those online test which would make me test the harddrive and other specs of the notebook.

 

[Chairman Ray]

Hard Drive:
http://storage.toshiba.com/storage-services-support/warranty-support/software-utilities

Memory:
http://www.memtest.org/

CPU:
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/CS-031726.htm

Screen:
http://www.passmark.com/products/monitortest.htm