Install http://www.classicshell.net and your laptop will boot to look like Windows 7. (Yes, Windows 8 sucks sweaty donkey balls.)

Originally Posted By: Jerkules
Originally Posted By: J.B.
Originally Posted By: Jerkules
Cheapie Toshiba laptop from BestBuy. Open box/floor model. $224 after tax.



Hope you got the Geek squad warranty. I bought an open box/floor model Samsung Chromebook from BestBuy (for something like $75 off) after borrowing my friend's for months and thought I'd out-panzered Panzer. The one I borrowed never had a problem, but the one I bought went to shit real fast. Brought it back, and they shipped it off to be repaired. Died a second death shortly after it was returned, so I returned it for (full) store credit.


Nah. If it craps out, I'll just return it.

I took it out of the box to load security software, FireFox and VLC Player. It worked fine, but Windows 8 does suck. I uninstalled about a dozen apps. If it lasts the 15 days until the return is up, I'm going to have a nephew wipe it and install Windows 7.


Edited by artwilliams (04/11/15 07:15 PM)