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  • Pentium4
    CapXon Be Gone
    • Sep 2011
    • 3741
    • USA
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    Re: Want to buy a laptop to fix - which would it be?

    Toshiba makes good laptops, but I really like the layout of that Asus. Really easy to do hardware maintenance on it and take it apart. I wouldn't even consider the Compaq

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