Why do Ebay 'Retro Gamers' not realize how shitty the Brandon economy is (and is about to get)? To them 500$ is spare change under the couch. LOL most of us that's rent and food with MABYE a bit left over unless we rob a bank and are not an ass about it.

submitted by Hadit from self.Gaming

If you want a retro laptop or computer on Ebay that aren't just parts or in 'questionable' condition you WILL spend NO LESS then 300$ if your lucky. This 'Tiny' PC is about as cheap as they come if you want something that does a bit more then word write.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/255758344827?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110013%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIMRXI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20201210111452%26meid%3D2f6a83c8676248da9aafff5d296c5905%26pid%3D101196%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D266014521171%26itm%3D255758344827%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DPromotedRVI%26brand%3DHP&_trksid=p2047675.c101196.m2219&amdata=cksum%3A2557583448272f6a83c8676248da9aafff5d296c5905%7Cenc%3AAQAHAAAA4Iq9Pd1eiueKRlho1pRz6mIhiMFlTvSHXqugAEnbu3PW5fcZ%252BpvU1%252FjN9s6gXF2lE7UVWutVRHuk4JGs9o%252FSmKWBqBDtx63Myoc6ecHWmaSddivtuhNeaLS4MVAug4b5oiQx284YC7sdXJzHkjpbOyXks0VOD7VnS9QMWbmYXFG1CfRbduM9ahZSXP9elyveuossfGNdPJ%252FwS1RKl7kzjKzV6y7SX64cwvrTIzeY%252FB0DmUMpK%252BqdRYN71HICsSP6OYMGy2Ll4mQ3R3tl7dOSPnuYE7bzrLng1o2U%252FqDP%252BnTd%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2047675

I'm not sure if even this is a decent price. I like to play older 2D educational titles that don't run on XP or higher. Often XP is a glitchy era where it may or may not work with compatibility work arounds due often to 256 color requirement or odd sound requirements,etc

Most retro anything now are 400 to 500$ and I wish to bitch slap the bull shit threads that claim they found 'cheap' laptops under 100$ They don't exist anymore! I looked high and low. This is about as cheap as they come with working parts and I don't think it has a GPU. https://www.ebay.com/itm/266014521171?hash=item3defb37753:g:0DIAAOSwo75jhSzO&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsJamjGWsrFrsYv4nJF6W9pXAZw58xiHd5JmILYOIDg7RXfVWkcc%2Fpm0emj9nu7BLhkcjMl82umGJOngkLq5fW6nXbT4Ht3vI7y50QtL698SCzSV5B8i5gdG456zbdWqGcvAxmcnrTYiV97sF43KpJnmBye%2F%2BkeGFsf%2Fe%2Fofd7HU78MVfRDSla2nFvUtBvsvt3qscdr6UOqsxz%2F4q7Zhluy0wYIeJ9kCAhcMiMts3n8qU%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-ix27WYYQ

I wonder if it will be able to run ANY 256 bit color games at all? and I'm not even talking about Sound Blaster abilities which is a whole nother ball field as they don't list the sound devices.

We don't have computer stores here in Oregon anymore because we are smartphone country and gang country not much better then Detroit sadly. :(

Wasn't that way in the 90s when we first moved here we actually had a boom with towns growing twice as much by the 2005 then it all went to hell. This is NOT my Oregon it is YOUR OREGON not mine. Get it? I didn't ask the world to go this way with capitalism.

all 2 comments
sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun

[–]Drewski 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ebay is going to be more expensive since people have done the research and know what they've got. You're not likely to find underpriced hidden gems there. Do you have local yard sales, thrift sales, etc you could check? Craigslist / Facebook marketpace is another option but it's hit or miss since sometimes people want way too much for their old junk.

[–]Hadit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ebay is technically a digital garage sale you can't even test the equipment. Back when Goodwill did retro electronics you could at least test it/power it on to make sure you get a boot or the device didn't fry,etc.

We got two commodore 64's from different sellers to replace our old one (which still works) minus the J key and you know what? They all had the SAME BROKEN J KEY which we sent back. Our Commodore 64 though has a dying power supply and neither Dad and I can solder. Shaky hands disease. There's a real name for that diseases but it's one of those long doctor ones.

The pictures didn't show the broken J key and the sellers all said it was all fine. Case in point: I have Manheim Steamroller records mostly from Amazon but one from Ebay which we can tell which one is the Ebay one just by listening to it without even looking at the record.