you know, I did the same basic thing several times... my last one died when Windows did an update and it killed the video card - incompatable drivers - I was SO ticked because I had only had the Fing thing for a year - - I bit the bullet and went to Best Buy and bought a new laptop - HP with Windows 8.1, touch screen... gotta say, if you go the Ebay route - look for 8.1 (if you go Windows) - - lots of negative "reviews" about Win10. Also, the "older" Windows versions are not being supported by Microsoft anymore so be really careful what you do buy for an OS.