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kitty
Posts: 1146/2449 |
mrmenz: Those aren't any better deals than what he got. If the auction has less than 10 minutes left on it, you can NEVER call it a good deal. ONLY after it's sold can you be the judge of it.
Erk: Um, $900 is 3x more than $300. For $300 he got something a lot better than this. with a larger screen as well. |
mvpo.geo
Posts: 25/48 |
Ok I looked and they do have good deals but none of them are selling for 305 and have the stuff I have. I looked at one that sold for 350 that was like mine but with 10 GB on the HD. The deals aren't really any better, I wouldn't be able to afford the more expensive ones (Over 340) because I don't got enough money. I also looked and alot didn't have a DVD drive. But I see what your talking about and Im sure if I looked there I would have found a good deal just like the one I did. Anyway thanks for your help. |
mrmenz
Posts: 67/347 |
did you just type in dell laptops in the search box? if you go Here You can see the list of cheap dell comps the one I was bidding sadly went up to around 400, but the link shows what I was talking about. |
mvpo.geo
Posts: 24/48 |
I just went and looked on Ebay for this deal you were talking about and couldn't find it. Actually I couldn't find any dells with those stats that cheap.
Originally posted by mrmenz
Um....on ebay if you would goto the cheapie dell section you could get a much better laptop for 300 bucks geez, im bidding on one for 240 or so with:
Pentium 3 1200 mhz
512 MB of RAM
30 gig HD
DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo
Its a used dell returned by the original owner theres a whole section of them, and you buy directly from Dell so they amke sure that the machine at least powers up and will install an OS. It really is awesome how cheap some of the C600 Dells are.
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mrmenz
Posts: 66/347 |
Um....on ebay if you would goto the cheapie dell section you could get a much better laptop for 300 bucks geez, im bidding on one for 240 or so with:
Pentium 3 1200 mhz
512 MB of RAM
30 gig HD
DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo
Its a used dell returned by the original owner theres a whole section of them, and you buy directly from Dell so they amke sure that the machine at least powers up and will install an OS. It really is awesome how cheap some of the C600 Dells are. |
mvpo.geo
Posts: 23/48 |
Hey Erkdog, don't you understand lol, I DON'T have 900. If I had 900 then yes I would buy that 10 times better laptop. Anyway Im really happy with my purchase and have some games that will play on it  . |
ErkDog
Posts: 555/982 |
you can trust whatever you want.... you can buy a new laptop for 900 bucks that's 10 times better than that PC |
HyperLamer
Posts: 724/8210 |
Originally posted by ErkDog
6 gig harddrive ???
600 Mhz processor ????
192 Megs of ram ???
For $300? I'd take it. Almost as good as what I have now, but in portable form.
$350 for a laptop with DVD... DVD alone's gonna be most of that, and it won't be a real good one. |
neotransotaku
Posts: 623/4016 |
one more thing...hopefully the thing has enough video ram...my $200 "rented" laptop had only 2.5MB of video RAM...it couldn't play VisualBoy Advance in Gameboy mode  |
mvpo.geo
Posts: 22/48 |
Thanks Tomguy  , I plan on updating it next Christmas but its only gonna be used for a portable DVD player, Portable gaming device, and so I can surf the web when I go on vacation ect. I think that this is GREAT for not being my primary comp. IM SO HAPPY! |
kitty
Posts: 1137/2449 |
Erk: If you look at how much used laptops actually cost, it's about the average going rate for one of that speed/size/generation etc. It'll play DVDs and any game like Diablo2 or older (which is what half the people here limit themselves to anyway).
I see it having no problem running XP, my P3 500 laptop w/160MB RAM runs it fine. |
mvpo.geo
Posts: 21/48 |
Well no offense really but I got help from Tomguy and he said it was good deal. I trust the words of Tomguy not yours. Sorry, YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS |
ErkDog
Posts: 549/982 |
okay, it's not a good deal
and it's really not
I mean if you want a cheap crap laptop then I guess it is
but I wouldn't give that PC to someone I didn't like
6 gig harddrive ???
600 Mhz processor ????
192 Megs of ram ???
it probably barely runs Windows 2000
and it's so old, the battery probably doesn't even work any more
not to mention I would NEVER buy a computer from someone that can't spell
Norton / Office / or Windows
or that makes up bullshit they expect me to believe about a computer being "HIGH PERFORMANCE" yeah.... 2 years ago..... |
mvpo.geo
Posts: 20/48 |
LOOK WHAT I JUST WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3480894775
Now tell me that isn't a good deal . YESSSSSSSSSSSS |
Sokarhacd
Posts: 190/1757 |
ill look around, but im not selling this one, if you were even talking to me.....i can look on the internet, but I dont know anyone else who has one.
this bid is almost up, 13 minutes from when I edited this post
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48487&item=3481740023&rd=1
Brand: IBM
Hard Drive Capacity: 20.0
Chip Type: Intel Pentium III
Screen Size: 13
Processor Speed: 650 MHz
Primary Drive: CD-ROM
Memory (RAM): 128
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mvpo.geo
Posts: 19/48 |
Not trying to be bossy lol but I need help getting one, are you interested in selling that one?
Or can you help me look around to find a good deal on somthing 350 or less. |
Sokarhacd
Posts: 189/1757 |
This laptop I got for $200 but that was because it was from a friend of my Step Dads, it is a p3 700mhz, 4mb video card, 128mb ram, 10gb hdd, this one does have a cd drive.... |
kitty
Posts: 1117/2449 |
Just some tips, if you want to watch DVDs on it and have them NOT look like ass:
1) MUST be 500MHz or faster. If it's a Celeron, MUST be at least 800MHz. See #4.
2) MUST have at LEAST a TFT screen (XGA, SXGA, etc are good), NOT dual-scan or active matrix.
3) MUST have at least 128MB of RAM
4) MUST be an Intel P3 or AMD Athlon or Duron, or better. If Celeron, do NOT settle for less than 800MHz, and I HIGHLY suggest avoiding any Celeron system.
5) MUST have good batteries, if used, otherwise your DVD will cut out after a few dismal minutes because the DVD drive drains the battery rather quickly, and if its capacity is low, it won't last.
6) MUST have at least Li batteries, NOT Ni-Cd or another Ni or Cd alloy.
Note #'s 5 and 6 only matter if you want to use it as a laptop. Of course, if you WANT a laptop, these SHOULD matter. Otherwise, buy a god damn tower, trendy bitches |
mvpo.geo
Posts: 18/48 |
opps  I pushed the wrong button lol, I can pay up to 350 is what I meant.
I looked up this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3712&item=3481242743&rd=1 |
DarkSlaya
Posts: 109/4249 |
I'd suggest ya to pay a little more so:
A. You could get a laptop with DVD,
B. It could run those DVD without any chances of lag. |
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