My laptop went off in the power outage around Western today and wouldn't come back on. Yes I'm a fucking idiot without a surge protector. Anyone know of how hard it would be to fix a laptop that this happened to? If not, anyone have a decent laptop for sale?

2/18/2007 10:30:49 PM

bttt please people

2/19/2007 11:38:34 AM

Your laptop is toast. Sell it for parts.


Check ebay or the classifieds. I'd reccomend the IBM ThinkPad T23 if you need a basic WiFi laptop. It'll run you around $3-400 on ebay these days, I imagine.

2/19/2007 11:40:55 AM

Thanks for the help man.

2/19/2007 6:50:10 PM

i'd take it to a laptop repair place. It can probably be fixed. the question is cost.

2/19/2007 7:11:35 PM

I just found out that my dad got renter's insurance for it, so for 250 bucks i SHOULD be able to get a brand new laptop for what this one cost three years ago. So this may end up being dumb luck considering the laptops in the same price range are a lot better nowadays.

2/19/2007 8:14:24 PM

Just took it to the repair shop next to Wal-Mart on Glenwood. 250 bucks for them to look at it sufficiently enough to tell the insurance company if it's toast or not.

2/22/2007 10:00:15 PM

It's not a thinkpad you got through the bookstore is it?

2/22/2007 10:52:54 PM

There are some awesome deals coming from Dell right now with laptops.

http://www.slickdeals.net/?permadeal=9009#direct_deal_9009 (Expired)

Just keep watching slickdeals.net and you'll see a deal pop up.

2/23/2007 7:27:21 AM

Nah, my dad and bro got it at some computer show a few years back. And my brother said he's considering "breaking" his due to all the great deals he's seen for Dells.

2/23/2007 2:01:48 PM