is buying 2nd hand laptop advisable?

• Yan Can cook

  14 Jul 07, 16:40

  many ppl say 2nd hand is faulty...or repaired /refurbished.
  advisable to buy to save buck?
• FireIce

  14 Jul 07, 16:42

  not relli
  due to all the new and more powerful laptops coming out so fast, ppl wanna upgrade....so sell their old and still in good working condition laptop.....make sure the seller give u personal guarantee like if u find something not right with the laptop within 7 days, he/she will refund in full.....
  
  if u are skeptical, dun buy pre-owned......buy a new one........
• Yan Can cook

  14 Jul 07, 16:44

  better to but laptop 2nd hand with the original warranty still on
  
  owner warranty?. no thanks... bastad will just cheat u if there is any problem
• FireIce

  14 Jul 07, 16:46

  Originally posted by Yan Can cook:

  owner warranty?. no thanks... bastad will just cheat u if there is any problem

  for ppl like u with this mindset, get brand new.
• Yan Can cook

  14 Jul 07, 16:48

  i wan to play some stategy games ..is dell inspiron 1500 good?
• rathcycle

  14 Jul 07, 16:50

  Originally posted by Yan Can cook:

  i wan to play some stategy games ..is dell inspiron 1500 good?

  examples ?
• FireIce

  14 Jul 07, 16:50

  notebooks are not for gaming
  
  pls get a desktop
• ndmmxiaomayi

  14 Jul 07, 17:56

  You already answered your ownself, why bother to create a thread?
• CPTMiller

  14 Jul 07, 18:12

  $1.5K you can get an new average performance laptop.
  Dell laptop
  
  

  Originally posted by Yan Can cook:

  many ppl say 2nd hand is faulty...or repaired /refurbished.
  advisable to buy to save buck?

• ^tamago^

  14 Jul 07, 18:14

  if wan to buy second hand, then only buy 2nd-hand desktops, but never laptops.
• CPTMiller

  14 Jul 07, 18:14

  Laptop can be use to play sone PC games.
  But I think still prefer desktop PC.
  
  

  Originally posted by Yan Can cook:

  i wan to play some stategy games ..is dell inspiron 1500 good?

• kenn3th

  14 Jul 07, 18:21

  quite okok, depending on condition, service details, software and stuffs.
  
  but a thing to take note is that the buyer might not be that honest about the computer as he's trying to make a quick deal outta it.