Looks for me comes in second place. My concern is in whether is works or not and how so.
As as an example - Yesterday I just bought a Dell PII laptop (Inspiron 3500) for $20 because I need an old PC with a Serial Port for some things. The screen was in excellent condition but the bottom frame and back of the LCD Frame by the hinge as a few cracks. And there was an OS Conflict in its Windows System that gave it strange behaviors. With a bit of work, I got it working (resetting the BIOS, opening the case and tightening up a couple of loose connections, and running Norton Utilities 2002 CD). Now it works fine. The cracks in the bottom case and LCD Frame is just cosmetic and does not interfere with its operation which is more important to me.
As as an example - Yesterday I just bought a Dell PII laptop (Inspiron 3500) for $20 because I need an old PC with a Serial Port for some things. The screen was in excellent condition but the bottom frame and back of the LCD Frame by the hinge as a few cracks. And there was an OS Conflict in its Windows System that gave it strange behaviors. With a bit of work, I got it working (resetting the BIOS, opening the case and tightening up a couple of loose connections, and running Norton Utilities 2002 CD). Now it works fine. The cracks in the bottom case and LCD Frame is just cosmetic and does not interfere with its operation which is more important to me.