i just asked my dad (he workds for hp) and he said if its a real hp resale place than there has to be papers saying that this is a genuine hp laptop if not it could be stolen for all you know.
they are reslaing a laptop with xp alredy installed that some one elce used wich is agents tehre tos and aney used laptop by hp there is some documents saying its an hp laptop atlest and are they part of the bbb
well all my techers want me to start typing all my work so im in the need of a laptop. i was looking at this acer wich is amazing
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834115274