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Jun. 20th, 2006 01:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
litheraSo...
I have no time to handle this right now. Work = very busy. So, I appeal to you all knowing Friend's List.
Laptop costs $600 to repair. ($629 to be exact.) All other repairs it needs will be taken care of once I pay for replacement of LCD screen. (Apparently completely and totally cracked and fried.)
The question is do I pay that (about half off the cost of an all together new one) or do I get a new one?
I'm leaning toward just paying the $600 but... I don't know.
DEBATE!
I have no time to handle this right now. Work = very busy. So, I appeal to you all knowing Friend's List.
Laptop costs $600 to repair. ($629 to be exact.) All other repairs it needs will be taken care of once I pay for replacement of LCD screen. (Apparently completely and totally cracked and fried.)
The question is do I pay that (about half off the cost of an all together new one) or do I get a new one?
I'm leaning toward just paying the $600 but... I don't know.
DEBATE!
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Date: 2006-06-20 08:46 pm (UTC)Can you get a comparable laptop for 600.00?
How intergral is your laptop to your life in general?
Data Transfer to the new laptop, are you willing to put up with that task.
New doesn't always mean better or stable.
I paid 2000.00 for mine and I got a repair package out of it :)
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Date: 2006-06-20 08:51 pm (UTC)I have a warranty with this one (and any new one I would get) but it doesn't cover things which are determined to be user breakage.
My laptop is something I can now not really live without for long. I could more easily do without my car. There is very little on the laptop which I would bother to salvage and at the moment nothing would be as I can't get the laptop to even turn on, let alone boot up.
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Date: 2006-06-20 08:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-20 08:52 pm (UTC)I don't know. I haven't looked at any specific laptops yet, what with the lack of time issue.
My own experience
Date: 2006-06-20 08:51 pm (UTC)I ended up taking the money I would have used for the repair and put it towards a new laptop, with a few extra bells and whistles I wished I had on the old one.
Since I primarily use my laptop for sound work, I already had my software ready to install from CD and the data transfer from old to new HD wasn't too difficult/time consuming...
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Date: 2006-06-20 09:14 pm (UTC)I'm really not sure which way to go.
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Date: 2006-06-20 09:16 pm (UTC)Also a lot of places all for financing so you can put a chunk down and then pay per month on it as well...
It's a tough call.
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Date: 2006-06-20 09:19 pm (UTC)All I know is I could play my games on it without anything choking. I wouldn't be paying all of this at once. Either way it is a bleh sort of place financially.
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Date: 2006-06-20 09:14 pm (UTC)You can probably get a new Dell laptop for around the 600-700 mark if you can wait 'til the end of their quarter and their ginormous sales.
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Date: 2006-06-20 09:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-20 09:26 pm (UTC)That being said, I'd almost certainly suggest buying a new laptop if you can afford it. It'll end up being another 300-500 more than the price of the repair, but given that your laptop is 2 years old already the odds are good you're just going to incur further costs as it ages.
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Date: 2006-06-20 09:28 pm (UTC)*ponders* Good advice. Thanks.
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Date: 2006-06-20 09:59 pm (UTC)In any event, I'm sure if you shop around you can probably get something that suits your needs for around a thousand.
Honestly probably your best bet is to keep an eye on a site like www.slickdeals.net and just wait for Dell's inevitable giant sales. I shit you not they discount stuff close to 50% sometimes.
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Date: 2006-06-20 10:05 pm (UTC)Thanks for the advice on Dell, though.
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Date: 2006-06-20 09:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-20 09:39 pm (UTC)http://www.pricewatch.com/notebooks/
http://www.newegg.com/
Good luck!
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Date: 2006-06-20 09:40 pm (UTC)Heh. They're so taboo around here. *grins* I'd never hear the end of it.
Thank you, though.
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Date: 2006-06-20 10:21 pm (UTC)Good information, generally well written, and great for comparisons.
Personally, I'd consider a refurbished laptop before fixing the old one. You should be able to split the difference between price and features on an old machine and a brand new one.
Also, check out www.slickdeals.net for sales from Dell. There are a LOT more $600 laptops out there than there were a few years ago. Unless you bought absolute top of theline 2 years ago, I can guarentee replacing it with one of equal specs will not cost you over $1000 (new or refurbished.)
Oh, and I totally agree that life without a laptop isn't worth living. Those people who don't own one simply can't understand. It's like the difference between a wired phone and a cell phone.
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Date: 2006-06-21 03:52 am (UTC)If you have more than one Best Buy in town, try taking it to the other shop. It's not like they compare notes. Honest. The guys behind the Geek Squad counter are kept too busy for that. Before shelling out any money, it doesn't hurt to ask for a second opinion.
Especially if you wear something low cut. ;)
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Date: 2006-06-21 03:53 am (UTC)I love you Lys.
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Date: 2006-06-21 03:57 am (UTC)BTW, I've had it pointed out that if you happen to have the actual original warranty paperwork, they'll very rarely deny you. The folks behind the counter are overworked. On top of that, most warranties are a scam (since most people never need them. The BF used to work there in his younger days and they told them to pimp the warranties like sweet, cracky candy. The home office sees warranties as free money.) The techs are told to deny as many claims as possible for anything that requires parts rather than labor. Give 'em the paperwork, though, and they'll give in.
Unless they're feeling pissy, or - very rarely - your problem really isn't covered.
Go get 'em, Kat!
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Date: 2006-06-21 04:00 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-06-21 12:29 pm (UTC)I know not every city has more than one Best Buy. I'm the kind of geek who shops at BB and CompUSA recreationally instead of going to the mall. In my town, they're over 20 miles apart and have almost zero inter-communication. Sometimes this sucks, because if you want to know if the other store has a product that's out of stock, the easiest way to find out is to drive there and look for yourself. But it can also be an advantage if you're having to deal with annoying customer service people.
Either way, it probably varies a lot depending on what city you're in.
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Date: 2006-06-21 12:30 pm (UTC)I meant the Best Buy's were over 20 miles apart, not that Best Buy and CompUSA were.
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Date: 2006-06-21 01:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-21 12:40 pm (UTC)FYI, http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?cc=us&docname=c00619161&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN is what I got.