Laptop buying help please

[Piglet]

By way of update, shiny new Dell laptop appeared last Tuesday, the advantage of Dell is that it all worked out of the box and (for a non tekkie) was easy to set up.    MS Office 2007 arrived midweek and is now on there, I've had a bit of a play with Word but haven't had to do anything substantial.  I think the new menu system seems to  make sense but ask me again once I've tried to work on it! 

NOW I'm on the scrounge....I've donated my old HP laptop to my nephew who just wants something to chat to his friends without leaving the sofa (bit like his aunt really!).....but I'm in big trouble as my friend's twin boys REALLY want a laptop to use and apparently had plans for my old one but got beaten to it!!

Does anyone have an old laptop that they'd be prepared to flog off for a few quid?  The kids just need something with basic graphics and a wireless card that will do basic surfing and stuff (mainly You Tube and porn I imagine - they are 13 year old boys!). 

Cheers!

[Bob U]

Anita. You are a month too early. I am planning on buying a new one end of March time. If you havn't got one by then I will have one for you

[Piglet]

Anita. You are a month too early. I am planning on buying a new one end of March time. If you havn't got one by then I will have one for you

That would be fab if you have Bob?  I'll keep you updated - can you let me know what it is and what you'd want for it? 

[Bob U]

It is a Hewlitt Packard notebook. I don't know offhand what spec it is but will find out when I get home. It hasn't got a wireless caed but usus a Belkin thingy that plugs into a USB port.
The reason I am waiting until the end of March is that I intend to buy myself a new pair of skis when we are away in March and until I know what I spend on the skis I won't know how much I will have to spend on a laptop.

As for selling price - I would think a crate of beer at Le Mans would surfice

[Piglet]

Thanks Bob, that sounds very much like my old HP that has just been recycled to the nephew - that has a plug in wireless thingie as well. 

We'll wait until you've spent your ski money and see what happens from there.

Cheers 

[Lord Pig-Pen]

HP in my opinion.... superb! XP suits me too!
PP