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Ebay Seller Laptop

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  • melliott1963
    melliott1963 Posts: 474 Forumite
    macfly wrote: »
    Any laptop should be upgradable if there is enough memory and cpu power.

    Yes, but that's a big 'IF'.
    macfly wrote: »
    Mind you, I've never come across one that "won't work at all".

    Have you tried installing Windows 8 on an older PC? It actually checks the specification of the PC and if it's not happy with it, it will tell you it can't be installed on the PC. Nothing you can do, short of upgrading the hardware components, will get Windows 8 to install on that PC.
  • barmonkey
    barmonkey Posts: 7,158 Forumite
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    melliott1963 wrote: »
    Yes, but that's a big 'IF'.



    Have you tried installing Windows 8 on an older PC? It actually checks the specification of the PC and if it's not happy with it, it will tell you it can't be installed on the PC. Nothing you can do, short of upgrading the hardware components, will get Windows 8 to install on that PC.

    it was 7 not 8 the op had trouble with
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  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,806 Forumite
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    Unless the seller said something like 'easily upgradeable to Windows 7' in the listing, I don't think the seller can be liable for anything the buyer decides to do after they have received the computer.

    As long as it arrived in one piece, and ran Vista, in this case the seller has done their job
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