<OT> anyone looking to sell their laptop?

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>>my trusty (really) old Sony Vaio died over the weekend (won't power on
>>at all), so i'm looking to purchase a replacement, but i'm on a
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You can get remanufactured systems from

Dell at  http://www.dell.com/us/en/dfh/products/line_notebooks.htm

and Gateway at  http://www.gateway.com/reman/hm_notebook_matrix.shtml

These are the pages for home users. There are also ones available for 
business; search "remanufactured" or "refurbished" at the main site.

These systems usually come with a warrantee that is the same as a new 
system. I've bought a used Dell Desktop at about 50% the cost of a new 
one and had great service from it.

BOF