A New Computer?
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (89914)
United States
February 13, 2021 7:35pm CST
My current laptop is about 14 years old. The keyboard no longer works. I have an old PC keyboard plugged into the USB port. The charger does not work anymore either.
I have an external charger and two batteries which I recharge constantly.
There is an HP at Walmart with a 15" screen, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of hard drive capacity.
It's $399.
I am thinking about just breaking down and getting it. It's not like I cannot afford it. I have just been hemming and hawing.
I think it has everything I need. Should I just buy it?
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20 responses
@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
14 Feb 21
No, do a load of research first and compare prices from different places.
Also, do you have cash back sites there?
If I am making a big purchase I try and use a cashback site so I can get a little bit off the price.
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
14 Feb 21
@porwest it does and would be even better if you used a cashback card on a cash back site
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at the end. 
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
14 Feb 21
search around for alternatives but if need be, go for it
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@porwest (89914)
• United States
14 Feb 21
@arthurchappell The only thing I don't like about the HP, is it always seems to want to update. But I don't know if that's an HP thing or a Microsoft thing. My Dell at work never needs to be updated though and it uses Windows as well.
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@stapllotik (1933)
• India
2 Mar 21
Don't buy the new one. All you need is to buy some good quality hardware for your old laptop. ( buy only laptop keyboard). Mine is 15 years old and working fine.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
14 Feb 21
How is the memory and is it going to do what you need?
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
16 Feb 21
@porwest
If you can afford it and want to get a new pc why not?
@lovebuglena (44504)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Feb 21
$399 for a laptop is quite a bargain. Mine was in the $1K range. I need to upgrade my iPhone. I have a 6S, which I got I think in 2016. The battery doesn't work as well anymore and I am pretty close to the 16 GB storage my phone has. Yet I can't bring myself to get a new iPhone, even though my mom wants to get it for me as a birthday present. My birthday was in December.
@LindaOHio (177809)
• United States
14 Feb 21
I'd go for more RAM and hard drive capacity; but that's just me. I replace my computer about every 7 years. Good luck. Do you like HP? I have a Dell and a Toshiba. I no longer use the Toshiba.
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@LindaOHio (177809)
• United States
14 Feb 21
@porwest If you don't play video games, 8GB should be fine.
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@porwest (89914)
• United States
14 Feb 21
I was thinking more RAM as well, but a lot of people are telling me 8GB is pretty much it. Not sure about that.
I don't mind HP, and have had several. The only computer that absolutely permanently crashed on me was my Dell, so I will probably never buy another one.
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@porwest (89914)
• United States
14 Feb 21
@LindaOHio Nope. No video games for me. But I do like to record music, and I do like to watch videos.
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@florelway (23284)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
14 Feb 21
Your old laptop had served you well, been there for 14 years maybe time for replacement. Mine is only 4 years old but am already thinking of replacing it it's too slow now.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
14 Feb 21
It's not an easy choice to make. I was toying with getting a new laptop but after dithering a lot I then decided to get my desktop updated. It was well worth it for less than the price of a new decent laptop.
@prinzcy (32305)
• Malaysia
14 Feb 21
That's a really old computer. With all the problem it has, maybe it's time for it to retire.
I don't know the typical price there. After conversion, it's around RM1600. That's quite a lot. But thanks to the learning from home for students these days, laptop prices soar a bit.
I would say go for it.
@kaylachan (69230)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Feb 21
I say go for it. HP is a decent brand, and if you can't even charge your computer, time for a new one. 400 is a bargain given a laptop that I would need, would cost at best, 500 to 600 at best by. I seriously need to look at Wal-mart for a computer, and see if I can find one that's reasonably priced and has what I need.
@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
14 Feb 21
Have you researched it? Sometimes you can get something as good as if not better online for the same price. I certainly wouldn't go into Walmart blind and just buy what they have on offer.
There's no percentage in buying something today and then figuring out tomorrow that you could have done better.
@NJChicaa (119514)
• United States
14 Feb 21
Bro just buy it. I have 2 laptops and a brand new Chromebook. I ordered a new laptop after I moved here and my ex and I were separated. I forgot that the account was on his Amazon Prime credit card. Guess who paid for the laptop that I never use? 
