Laptop Woes

[Mark Phillips]

My daughter's Dell D620 seems to be dying. I think the screen is dead...the
splash screen at boot time does not appear even though the HD light is on.
It has Ubuntu on it now. I tried running the Dell Diag diak, but the screen
remained dark as well.

She has one more semester in high school, then off to college with a shiny
new Macbook Pro. Sort of a family tradition as her two older sisters went
down the gray path and abandoned Linux for iOS when they went to college. I
read there will be another generation of Macbook Pros out this summer, so I
would like to wait to buy her that new Mac until after high school
graduation...plus relatives always chip in a little extra to mitigate the
sting of the Apple price tag...;)

Anyway, does anyone have an older laptop they are willing to sell that is
comparable to a D620 (Core duo processor T7600, 14.1", A couple of Gigs of
RAM)?

Is there a place that older laptops go to be refurbished and resold? Does
anyone have any experience with Device Pitstop (2827 W. Peoria Avenue,
Suite 100-A Phoenix,)? They buy and sell computers.

Thanks!

Mark
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