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Geek Culture / [LOCKED] Has anyone got a laptop that i can have for free (school work and light games)

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Nutcase
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Posted: 15th Feb 2008 11:28
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as title says, i need this really bad as my other laptop had been stuffed up with severe problems like water inside, broken screen and a tiny hdd. please help me! i need at least 128mb shared or dedicated graphics. yes, i've loked on ebay! thanks alot

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Van B
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Posted: 15th Feb 2008 11:32
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Stretching it a bit aren't ya!

I just bought one for my son that has 64mb dedicated GFX (x700), not exactly cutting edge but it runs WoW like it was built for it, that cost £225. If you were talking about something low spec then you might find a generous bloke with an old laptop going spare, but 128mb gfx card on a laptop usually means it's worth money.


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Nutcase
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Posted: 15th Feb 2008 11:40
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shared, with ram not dedicated, my old laptop had that.

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 15th Feb 2008 12:23
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I've got a 25mHz black and white laptop that runs Windows 95 with 640k of base memory, 4mb extended. You truly are a nutcase if you think you're going to get more than that for free.

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David R
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Posted: 15th Feb 2008 17:41 Edited at: 15th Feb 2008 17:41
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I recommend you try this


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Posted: 16th Feb 2008 13:41
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how did you manage to get water in it?!
LOL.

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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 16th Feb 2008 14:07 Edited at: 16th Feb 2008 14:08
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Free stuff is usually something you haggle out of friends and drinking buddies from work. Why would a stranger on an internet forum go through the trouble of sending you their laptop?

Did you just sign up a few days ago just to ask for a free laptop? Man, someone needs a job.

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CoffeeGrunt
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Posted: 16th Feb 2008 14:19
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Someone probably ain't old enough to get one.....

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 16th Feb 2008 14:58
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And if he isn't old enough to get one, then he shouldn't give his address out to some one who has "One" to give away.

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tha_rami
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Posted: 16th Feb 2008 16:26
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I have a free laptop. You'll have to pay the mail costs, by the way. And the sentimental value, which is about $800. That okay?


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Nutcase
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Posted: 16th Feb 2008 23:57
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i will pay for postage and that's it. i need this real bad, if you say it is free like;
Quote: "I have a free laptop. You'll have to pay the mail costs, by the way. And the sentimental value, which is about $800. "


That ain't free..

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Nutcase
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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 00:02 Edited at: 17th Feb 2008 02:17
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anyway, i am <MOD EDIT>. the computers at school are crap. they take ages tto load and the games crash all the time, and yes, windows xp.

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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 00:07
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Big woop, when I first started at uni I needed a laptop real bad, and guess what? I went out and bought one. I suggest you try doing the same. Failing that ask your parents.

I don't know anyone in real life that would give me their laptop for free, why would someone on here?

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Nutcase
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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 00:17
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i have a friend's dad who has crap laptops that i could buy for 120 bucks, 600mhz!

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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 00:27 Edited at: 17th Feb 2008 00:32
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Quote: "how did you manage to get water in it?!"


A friend dented his laptop with pie...so anything is possible.

Quote: "i have a friend's dad who has crap laptops that i could buy for 120 bucks, 600mhz!"


Better than nothing, I'm using that kind of laptop for uni work and internet. If you haven't got the funds for a great laptop you're not going to get one. If you get that one, make sure it has Windows 98 or Windows 2000 installed, Windows XP will eat up too much performance (as I found out the hard way).



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...wait why do you need to worry about the graphics card and gaming when you can't afford a proper laptop? I mean if the laptop is for school then do games matter when you have the computer you've highlighted in this thread:

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=124061&b=33

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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 00:34
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Quote: "computers at school are crap... games crash all the time"


Last time I checked, school work on computers was spreadsheets, presentations and the occasional business letter.

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Nutcase
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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 00:58
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during lunch..

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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 01:16 Edited at: 17th Feb 2008 02:17
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Quote: "anyway, <MOD EDIT> and i need this for school. the computers at school are crap. they take ages tto load and the games crash all the time, and yes, windows xp."

Apparently this computer needs to be able to play his games while he's at school. LMAO.
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Nutcase
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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 01:33
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only gta sa on minimum, it works on 256mb ram, and a 64mb vga! that is small but it does the job..

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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 01:55
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Its an impossible mission to get a good laptop for free. Buy one like everybody else.

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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 02:18
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No ages please - read the AUP.

Locking this for all the obvious reasons, it can only go downhill from here.
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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 02:20 Edited at: 17th Feb 2008 02:21
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But its not locked yet... Cool, I've made a post after a mod in a locked topic!

Yeah, I need a laptop for school too. And for business things. It needs to run Crysis on high at 60FPS, obviously.


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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 02:27
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"I posted after this got locked and all I got was this lousy noob slap"

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Nutcase
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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 03:30
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THIS IS SERIOUS! ok, i'll spend years doing chores to get a cheap laptop that can't even run gta sa... I've got $60 at the moment and that will pay for the postage.

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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 03:31
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Read a book.

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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 03:34
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Umm... I'll take a free laptop too. Nutcase, you're using a computer right now aren't you? What's the deal with that then?


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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 03:46
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Lol, for serious... Like anyone is going to give you a free laptop at these forums.

Save your pennies and get the $500 dell laptop. Maybe ask you parents for a loan, or an early birthday and Christmas present combination? I dunno. Mow lawns in your neighborhood...

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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 03:55 Edited at: 17th Feb 2008 03:55
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Lol @ nutcase

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Nutcase
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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 04:11
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i've tried, my little brother gets to go to wwe every year now! that costs about 500-600 bucks! and he is younger than me. (we are in townville and wwe is in brisbane!)

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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 04:25
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I recently bought a laptop for me around Christmas. Save your pennies like Mr. Dink says and you shall receive.


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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 05:03 Edited at: 17th Feb 2008 05:04
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You got a noobslap, Aikicat? Now, that would be ironical, wouldn't it? I totally did the same thing as you did and I got nothing! How amazing.

Yes, I was being sarcastic.


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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 08:47
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If you can give me £5 shipping you can have this:



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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 09:03
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Here's the question, why games on a school laptop? I mean you have a perfectly decent gaming desktop...and of course I also need to ask, why do you need a laptop for school? The vast majority of work is hand written isn't it - it's really only at college or uni when people need laptops to do work because teachers/tutors like work typed up. Not that I have a problem with you buying one...but if you say it's for school you don't need a good one (besides a good one can become a target for thieves,I would never have dreamed of turning up to school with something so valuable, I used to feel daring bringing a gameboy colour.)

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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 09:39
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This was supposed to be locked already. Get a job


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