Broke Laptop, repair or buy new?

Sounds good! My main deterrent from buying a netbook is the tiny keyboard. But my sister has one and loves it (smaller hands maybe? ehhh). If you see any Asus brand notebooks on there take a look at them. I've owned several brands now and all my HP, Gateway, and Compaq computers have had issues. I'm now on my 3rd year with my Asus with not a single issue yet (and the battery stills holds a charge for hours). Pretty satisfied and will definitely buy another.

 

yeah the screen was a little smaller than what i wanted with a netbook. ill check on those, mine worked perfect till the battery issue started which was about 2 yrs ago, so that would make it 3. i read compaqs had a thing with getting a little hotter than normal.

 

Sounds like a very solid choice NicNac22. Well thought out! Good luck at Best Buy.

 

Nic is a girl...just lookin out for ya

 

5 years get rid of it .... although i have an acer that the pwr plug broke on .... $100 shipped to some place in so cal and they fixed it no problem but it was only a year old at the time

 

Whoops. My bad Sorry Nic. Thx for looking out. ...Edited...

 

happens all the time




not all of us are guys that are into trucks and i dont exactly have a girly name. no worries your good.

 

I have the GT725, 'things a beast! Go for it.

 

Lol
If you need help getting the hard drive out to recover your files on the dead laptop check out a site called ifixit.com. search for your compaq model# and if they have it listed look for the one that says hard drive replacement. Step by step info with pictures. Helps a lot when i need to take apart a sony or crapple laptop. Those are the worst to get to the drives...

 

you mean taking apart the old one?

ive already done that, did it after it crashed, figured i couldnt hurt it anymore since it was broke and i took it apart i dont disassemble working things but i will broke ones. it was a crap ton of screws, but i got it out, it was pretty simple

the new laptop