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Be very careful with buying used laptops. A used laptop is a very risky purchase compared to a used desktop. By its very nature of mobility its hard to say what your buying.

Ask yourself when looking at a used laptop...

How many times was this thing dropped ?

How often did this person use it on their bed with blankets sufficating it and causing heat issues ?

Did it get left often in a hot car in the summer.

There is no way of knowing the answer to any of these questions and this is why a used laptop is always a risky deal.

Also just as an FYI the HP DV6000 series is plagued with defective motherboard issues. Sad part is that even though its a known defect HP did not issue a recall. Also the replacement motherboards that were issued for those under warranty had the exact same problem.

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Noteboo...ty/td-p/107304

I dealt with this issue a lot and is one of the primary examples why I tell people to run from HP computers.

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Originally Posted by melkortshea (Post 1076403)

Avoid HP. Avoid Dell unless it is the precision series. The laptop I linked has a solid state HDD so you should be good. The laptop looks great and the guy looks legit
There are others like it with a warranty on eBay.

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by diplo (Post 1076301)

chromebrooks are no bueno for gaming. just go to bestbuy and buy a regular Windows laptop for said budget.

I would tell my arch enemy to stay away from best buy. This is EQ classic people, any laptop made after like 2005 that isn't labeled Apple or HTCP will be fine.

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Originally Posted by iifetap (Post 1076428)

I would tell my arch enemy to stay away from best buy. This is EQ classic people, any laptop made after like 2005 that isn't labeled Apple or HTCP will be fine.

Not true.

i've gotten P99 to play well on some really shitty computers

the trick is to turn the sky off in the options. can even still leave the far clip range cranked, usually.

requirements for EQ Titanium

Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP

MINIMUM
Pentium III 400MHz Processor
256MB RAM
ATi Radeon 7500 or nVidia GeForce Class Video Card
DirectX 9.0
DirectX compatible Sound Card
28.8Kbps Internet Connection
4X CD-ROM Drive
3.7GB Hard Disk Space

RECOMMENDED
Pentium 4 Processor
512MB RAM
ATi Radeon8500 or nVidia GeForce 3 Class Video Card
DirectX 9.0
DirectX compatible Sound Card
56.6Kbps Internet Connection
16X CD-ROM Drive
5GB Hard Disk Space

You could get a refurbished PC from newegg for $250 that can run the game decently.

I just got a XPS m1710 off ebay for 175 cause of a bad battery which cost me another 20 bucks and i have a perfectly working laptop. Just pay attention to ebay for a week or so and you will find something.

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Originally Posted by Vaildez (Post 1076334)

Just pay a little more and buy a Surface Pro... It runs like a champ on a surface.

brb installing it EQ on my surface...

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Originally Posted by melkortshea (Post 1076403)

The motherboard was the death of my HP DV6000 back in the day, how coincidental :p

Also, having bought a second hand laptop this summer (due to lack of funds) I can't reinforce what was said enough. It plays EQ okay, but one of the USB ports is tempramental, and running any other game just causes a big drop in FPS... but it plays EQ okay...