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I hope this is the right board.. I figured either this or main.
I have been looking into buying a new computer, and I think I am just going to get a refurbished one for cheap, a laptop, on Ebay or Buy.com. My budget is less than 300.00, probably more around $250.00. I have a good amount of understanding with computers, but I'm at a point where I need help, lol.
It seems for that price range I can get a dual core processor definitely in the 2 Ghz range, but maybe up to 2.4ish. I haven't had much luck finding any 2nd generation I3 or I5 in that price range of course. OS would be W7 Pro. So, a dual core processor in the 2 Ghz range with around 4 GB memory (some are expandable to 8, but not all and can be hard to find).. Is that going to be a fast enough computer to run multiple platforms including XP mode?
And does anyone have any laptops they recommend that is a tad older (so that it would be in that price range now/refurbished) but maybe the business line of laptops, fast processors? Any other advice?
Thank you all in advance!!