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where can i get a really good affordable laptop? any brand? 200$ or under.?

i really NEED a laptop.

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To get a laptop for less than $200 look for used-computer stores (college towns have these) and also ask at computer-repair shops. You did not say what city you live in, if you don't live in a large city or metropolitan area, find the nearest really-large city and check its newspaper's web site for computer-repair-store advertising. You want to inspect the laptop and ask questions before you purchase it, so don't buy one off the Internet from who-ever unless you can visit them to inspect the laptop. You want to make sure the laptop comes with an Operating System already installed, usually it will be Windows, and comes with the manufacturer's restore disks. Repair shops often take parts from several failed laptops to build a working laptop, and the resulting laptop will probably not have Windows installed on it, or it might be a not-legal install of Windows. One problem with used laptops is the battery is old, if the battery is more than three years old it won't last more than another one or two years and you will have to replace it. One reason used laptops at used-computer stores or computer-repair-shotp are surprisingly expensive is that the laptop battery has been replaced. Those batteries are expensive, more than $100.

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