lol, I fixed an old Celeron laptop that was in my mother's house for a year...

[inf1nity]

I thought you were an investment banker?

 

[Fritzo]

$200+ for a Celeron laptop? I would have just bought a new one

 

[I Saw OJ]

You put windows 7 on a 40gig SSD? laffy taffy

 

[Fritzo]

You put windows 7 on a 40gig SSD? laffy taffy

Well, it takes 16-20GB, and since most stuff is cloud based anyway, 40GB might do it.

 

[amdhunter]

You put windows 7 on a 40gig SSD? laffy taffy

Yeah, all I am using it for is to browse the web once in a while. It won't be used for nothing else at all.

40GB is perfect for that.

 

[Spungo]

Put a keylogger on it and give it back. Put her details on 4chan or whatever.

I support this idea. She'll eventually save nude pictures of her boyfriend.

 

[amdhunter]

I support this idea. She'll eventually save nude pictures of her boyfriend.

loooool. If you like 300lb manly looking Puerto Ricans nude, I guess it's ok.

 

[Spungo]

loooool. If you like 300lb manly looking Puerto Ricans nude, I guess it's ok.

Just paste a celebrity's face on top of the original face then post it on facebook. The guy can't say "hey that's me!" without admitting that's really what he looks like.

 

[master_shake_]

Sounds like A real winner...

Keep it. she don't want to pay then she no get lappy.

 

[mirageracerx]

while i understand being a "nice guy" is all fine and dandy there is a limit. for those that do it as a hobby, fine whatever do what you want in terms of being nice but dont take on a job that is too demanding of you and ask a forum how to help out with setting up a grade school's network that really should require more than just a hobbyist to set up. If it is a professional job, leave it to a professional. i've seen too many muck ups by hobbyists that were in well over their head.

For those of us in the industry that make a living off of it, shame on you if you do it for free. you are in fact working yourself out of a job as well as the rest of us in the profession. only time i make an exception is blood relatives, and even that gets minimal time before i charge.

As for OP, that is a shitty customer as well as a shitty person.

 

[Geekbabe]

Refurb Haswell Celeron Chromebook is only $130. Who's going to pay your rate to fix an old laptop when they can buy superior C720 Chromebook for less? These things are disposable items.

The individual who was foolhardy enough to store critical data on the device without backing it up and you would be surprised how many of those people exist.