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CruxiafflictionX

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Edit: Bought one, Thanks!



I'm looking for a laptop for my fiancée for Christmas. She only uses her old one for Facebook, internet and things like that so it doesn't have to be a super good one. I'm looking for the level of around i3,or higher end celeron or pentium or amd equivalent. Integrated Hd graphics are fine. Preferably 3rd gen or 4th gen cpu. I'll list her old specs of the laptop that just broke to give you an idea of the lowest specs. I would like it to be a little better than it.

Specs:
Intel celeron m 900
2gb ddr3 ram
Intel hd graphics
240gb HDD (this isn't a big point though as I will be replacing with an SSD I already have)
15.6" screen 1366x768?
Windows 7 64bit

It can be either win 7 or 8 as long as it's 64 bit

I'm trying to make this Christmas as best as possible for her since she does so much for me. She works and pays the bills so I can focus on finishing college and get my degree. We are also expecting our first baby in April '15 so most of our money gets spent preparing, so I just really want to make this Christmas special.
I have a budget of up to 175. I have seen a lot of nice new ones for around $250-280 so I'm hoping to find a lightly used one that fits in my budget.

The only thing as far as condition is that is is not scratched or damaged noticeably.

Please message me if you have one for sale or see somewhere having a sale.

Thanks!
-Crux

Heat - http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=97114
 
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any interest in Tablets?

http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?sku_list=410605+410670+410621+468421

I just bought the 7" windows tablet for my brother and its really nice for the price. I has full USB port and this morning using a powered USB hub and usb video card, I connected a 22" LED monitor at 1080P, usb keyboard, wireless mouse and a jump drive. browsing on the 22" felt like I was using a desktop. Get her the 10", she will be happy.
 

CruxiafflictionX

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Thanks for all your suggestions!
I ended up purchasing a lightly used 15.6" Dell laptop with a newer Pentium CPU, 4400 Graphics, 500gb HDD, 4gb RAM that can be upgraded to 8gb and windows 8 for $150 from a local group on Facebook that I belong to.
Best Part is that its pink, she is really going to love it!!
Thanks everyone!!!
 
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