I did some pc work for a friend & in exchange he gave me an older Presario laptop (was non-working at the time, but I fixed that...now it's working) & an older Presario desktop (mini-tower, actually).
The desktop configuration can be found here.
It's had the memory upgraded to 640 MB. After booting it up, it doesn't appear to have ever had any additional software installed on it...of course it came with a BUNCH! I also don't believe it's ever been connected to the internet because when I clicked on IE, I got the "Let's set up the internet" page. Same w/MediaPlayer.
The laptop configuration can be found here.
It's had a 256mb memory upgrade giving it 384mb.
Like I said, when I got the laptop, it wasn't working at all. The power light came on & the light to show it's plugged into AC power came on, but no display, hard drive activity, or cd-rom activity. I opened it up & reseated the cpu & put it back together. Crossed my fingers, pushed the power button & it fired up. The only thing was I got the "no operating system" message. Since it had a Windows XP Home product id sticker on it, I installed that on there, although I was tempted to use Ubuntu. The battery's shot, i'm pretty sure, but everything else seems to be working fine.
I think i'll keep the laptop since I don't have one, but I was wondering about the desktop. Would I be better off selling it locally for use as a 2nd machine or part it out? Which would bring in the most money?
The desktop configuration can be found here.
It's had the memory upgraded to 640 MB. After booting it up, it doesn't appear to have ever had any additional software installed on it...of course it came with a BUNCH! I also don't believe it's ever been connected to the internet because when I clicked on IE, I got the "Let's set up the internet" page. Same w/MediaPlayer.
The laptop configuration can be found here.
It's had a 256mb memory upgrade giving it 384mb.
Like I said, when I got the laptop, it wasn't working at all. The power light came on & the light to show it's plugged into AC power came on, but no display, hard drive activity, or cd-rom activity. I opened it up & reseated the cpu & put it back together. Crossed my fingers, pushed the power button & it fired up. The only thing was I got the "no operating system" message. Since it had a Windows XP Home product id sticker on it, I installed that on there, although I was tempted to use Ubuntu. The battery's shot, i'm pretty sure, but everything else seems to be working fine.
I think i'll keep the laptop since I don't have one, but I was wondering about the desktop. Would I be better off selling it locally for use as a 2nd machine or part it out? Which would bring in the most money?
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