worth it to fix a windows 98 laptop.

[maroj248]

well i have a windows 98 laptop. the cd drive needs to be repaired, and i dont think the speakers work anymore. worth it to fix and sell? or just sell?

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[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

depends on how cheap you can get a drive for it.... maybe just sell it on ebay, or you might can find a CD drive for 10 bucks, who knows.

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

No it isn't worth it IMO. to cheap to get a replacement 10x better than it.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

I have an old desktop with Win95 on it.

 

[porksoda 10+ year member]

Its not worth to fix it

 

[BassBallin]

Its not worth to fix it

definatly not worth it to fix it unless you really want to

simple reason, its from 1998!!! thats almso 10 years old now AND ITS A COMPUTER, the computers they make now are outdated in less than a year

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

They had cd drives in 98?

1983 - Philips and Sony develop the CD-ROM, as an extension of audio CD technology.
Pretty popular by 1991 for high end system //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

Then Philips unvelied a cheap($400) 4x CD-ROM in 94 propelling its use by leaps.

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

see if you can snag a similar computer off ebay with a dead screen or something, depending on HD size or something if I were you I would be interested in using it as a music jukebox or something. Doesn't take much to run winamp and hook it up to your car or whatever. just cause its old doesn't mean it doesn't work, just run the same era programs on it and it should run quick and smooth, its when people get all caught up about upgrades and such that their comps bog down. I still run win 2000 Pro back at home and have yet to find a reason to upgrade and its rock solid compared to my friends with XP and not even gonna talk about vista lol

 

[CapzNCoilz 10+ year member]

i rememeber buying my 4x dvd rom burner when it first came out like 4 or so years ago.

cost something like $600!!!

now they run around $50!