regarded.
Thanks anyone who looks at this for me, I need a laptop for school this fall, but I'm on a budget and I have never bought a laptop before, and I would appreciate any help you can give. I have so far seen few new laptop in my price range (under $600) but I do have a couple of possables. the first is at walmart.com for $598 and its made by ECS (a company I have never heard of) http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=3163026&cat=3951&type=19&dept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3951
or a Refurbished IBM thinkpad from Microcenter
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0176990
Any help anyone can give I would appreciate it, Thanks

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