| I have 12 y.o. working HP laptop in active use I am still using HP Pavilion zt3000 (Intel Centrino 1.7GHz, 1.25Gb RAM, 120Gb PATA HDD, 1280 x 800) which I've bought in 2003 for about $2,300 CAD or so - http://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-zt3010us-15-4-penti... It was my main lappy up until a year ago, and it has been travelling across North America and Eastern Europe with me with no issues. It is now on its 3rd HDD, and original battery which lasts about 20 min now - not a problem since it is always plugged in. Everything else works real great, and it has MATTE monitor 1280 x 800. Everything works flawless, keyboard has no issues at all, other than looking a bit used :) In fact HDD being PATA (not SATA) was the main reason why I have got myself used ThinkPad T-420 and stuffed it with dual SSD's (2nd SSD in an extra swappable CD-ROM bay from China for $10 shipping included), 16Gb of RAM, and used dual monitor docking station. Really hate that 13" 1600 x 900 screen - it is just too small after 15.4" on HP, and I also have to run fonts on 150%. Still taking my time to hook it up as my main rig through dock and dual monitors. Mostly using it now through Remote Desktop when I need Win 7 / Visual Studio 2013. All these years I was hoping to wait over Win8 and glossy monitors, so with Win10 this summer I may actually get myself a new laptop - let's see if Microsoft has finally learned how not to screw their desktop users with tablet-optimized UI |