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Egnever

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1. 6 years old is getting long in the tooth

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Wed Jun 28, 2017, 03:12 PM

Jun 2017

I cant see you getting that fan replaced by anyone good at it for less than $100 in labor. So minimum you are looking at $160 to fix a machine that who knows what will go next on. Certainly less than a new machine and if it was a high end machine in the first place repairing it might be worth it but with the age of it I would think hard before opting to repair it. You can pick up a decent new laptop for somewhere in the $450 range and a referb if you are willing to go that route for $350 ish for a nice machine.

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6 years old is getting long in the tooth Egnever Jun 2017 #1