Adding to Kiran's view, I would suggest to go for a lone to get a new laptop, NAB Delhi used to provide loans to buy computer for visually challenged persons, however I am not sure if the scheme is still in place or if it is available for persons staying out of delhi. If not NAB Delhi, then there might be some organization which could provide such loans. Those loans were interest free, and could be very helpful for the persueing of higher education.
Regards Dinesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kaja, Kiran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Second-hand laptops > Hi Sudhir, > > A) It is not at all a good idea to buy a second hand laptop. The wear > and tear on these units is much higher than a desktop. It is quite hard > to find a second hand laptop in perfect working order. The battery will > be discharging soon, there may be overheating problems and so on. Above > all, laptop spares are extremely costly. It is also difficult to find > out the problems of a second hand laptop by looking at it for a few > minutes. > > B) I can give you a couple of contacts. Both of them are my good > friends. They will help her certainly. > > C) Use the laptop for 3 or 4 days and see if it suits your purpose and > if there are any problems. Things to look out are: > 1. Battery backup (if at all the battery is working). > 2. Problems like switching off or slowing down considerably after long > hours of use due to overheating. > 3. Checking for any illegal operation errors which may indicate a > defective RAM. > 4. Checking to see if the peripheral devices like modems, ethernet cards > and so on are working correctly. > 5. Checking for any physical damages or likely soft spots. This may > include hinges of the monitor, keyboard, etc. > 6. Checking to see if the optical drives like CD ROM or Cd Writer are > working correctly. > > I would still advise against going for a second hand laptop. It is too > risky in my opinion. Also so called experts who sell these laptops do > not really understand our needs. For most people, laptop is still a show > off. > > Regards, > Kiran. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sudhir R > Sent: Thursday, 13 July 2006 10:49 AM > To: Access India > Subject: [AI] Second-hand laptops > > Hi friends ! > > A student planning to pursue a PG course in CIEFL, Hyderabad has been > advised to get herself a laptop to aid her studies. Considering that a > good laptop with a Pentium Mobile chip and other features is still > priced at or over Rs 40 k, she is considering buying a second-hand one. > Please advise whether : > > a) Do you feel buying a laptop second-hand is a good decision ? > b) Are there reliabled used laptop vendors at Hyderabad who would give > her after sales support, though may be on a payable basis ? > c) Any particular aspects to watch out for while purchasing a > second-hand laptop ? > > She has not yet worked on a laptop and is a lil' apprehensive about the > adaptation, especially since she will be new to Hyderabad and does not > have a support structure there. > > Please help her out with your views and experiences. > > Thanks and regards > > R Sudhir > M: 098 472 76 126 > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i > n > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
