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Orcris
March 25th, 2013, 12:17 AM
I'm thinking of selling a low end netbook that I got a few years ago. It has a 1.66 GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM, a 10 inch screen, and a 250 GB hard drive. Also, it has Ubuntu instead of Windows, and no CD drive to reinstall Windows on. It was $200 when I got it (about 2 years ago), and I'm thinking that I can get $50-$100 for it. What should I charge for this? On eBay, a lot of people are selling their Eee PC's for about $100, and this computer has better specs. What should I charge for this netbook?

ManamiVixen
March 25th, 2013, 12:21 AM
Seeing as it has a Linux OS on it, it won't fech as much as one with Windows. I say $75.

Paqman
March 25th, 2013, 12:58 AM
Keep it, they make decent little servers.

BrokenKingpin
March 25th, 2013, 02:28 PM
I would also keep it. I have a netbook with almost the same specs... still works great with Xubuntu on it. You could do a bunch of things, such as have it plugged into the TV as a media center front-end.

mamamia88
March 25th, 2013, 03:03 PM
I bought a higher end one at a pawn shop for $100. I'd just keep it you won't get much

kevin2849
March 25th, 2013, 09:20 PM
I bought a similar netbook off of Craigslist for $80, not knowing what I was going to do with it. I replaced the battery, which was shot, with a higher capacity unit and loaded Debian Wheezy on it.
It has become my main "traveling" laptop and I get 5+ hours out of the battery. It has ridden in side case (motorcycle) for 20k miles or so, without issue. They can be useful to have around.

KdotJ
March 25th, 2013, 09:24 PM
Keep it, they make decent little servers.

This.

I use my old netbook as a web/file/build/git server and it runs just fine. Very quite and very lower power consumption.

mr john
March 26th, 2013, 02:07 AM
Donate it to a charity.

drawkcab
March 26th, 2013, 05:10 AM
Repurpose it as others have suggested or give it to someone who needs a computer but can't afford one.