used laptops

[stryker]

Was just wondering if it's worth it,a buddy has an old Toshiba satellite pro 4300 for sale as he just bought a new one.The box has been paved and he loaded it up with
-xp pro
-word/excel
-norton-corporate
has12 gig HD
Wants $250 bucks

Would just need it to surf once in a while and to do out of office work which is just take offs/estimates

Is it worth buying???ask me about harleys and old chevy's,,I know nothing about this shit, thanx

 

[Massagegirl]

I'd buy it!!

 

[stryker]

I believe what he means is he has cleaned the HD of everything and re-installed the xp pro etc,,,,I guess he dosn't want me to find his porn stash,,hahha,,as if I would know where to look

 

[Buntoss]

Does it have a 14.1" TFT Screen as opposed to a smaller Dual Scan Screen. Dual Scan screens suck.

How much RAM does it have? You should look at 256 MB as a minimum with XP. Laptop memory is not cheap compared to PC memory.

Does it have a modem or network card as well? You need one or the other to surf the web.

 

[stryker]

Thanks Buntoss,,,but ya,,has all the bells and whistles and was only 64 MB but buddywill bump it up to 320 for a sack of kokanee and he dropped the price to 150 bucks,,so,,I bought it.
thanx guys!

 

[Verb]

ram for notebook is cheap now...


i just bought a stick of 256mb for like 50bones

 

[magoomba]

Ya might be better off re-installing Windows 2000 on it.
I believe Windows XP is more resource intensive.

Personally I hate laptops cuz they're underpowered and battery life isn't that great. Get a wireless adapter for it to make it worth your while.

 

[hardup]

Good buy, I use the same one for work and its a solid machine

 

[hitrack]

IMHO for 250 this is a sweet deal. Buy it and add some more memory (if you can)

# Intel® Pentium 3 650MHz Processor featuring Intel SpeedStep� technology
# 128MB RAM
# 12.0GB Hard Disk Drive
# Integrated DVD Drive (Plays both DVDs & CDs)
# Integrated Floppy Disk Drive
# Audio: Yamaha YMF744B-R, 3D sound support with HRTF 3D positional audio, 16-bit stereo, .WAV and Sound Blaster� Pro compatible, MIDI playback, 2 built-in stereo speakers, 64-channel wavetable music synthesis, Full duplex sound support, Hardware acceleration for DirectMusic and DirectSound, Microphone and Headphone ports
# Video: S3 Savage IX Graphics Controller, 64-BIT graphics accelerator, 2x AGP bus, 128 BitBLT hardware, 8MB internal video memory
# Keyboard: Full sized 85 keys with 12 function keys, 2.7mm travel
# AccuPoint Pointing Device, Li-ion Battery, A/C Adapter
# Ports: (2) PCMCIA, (1) USB, (1) SVGA, (1) Parallel, (1) Serial, (1) Port replicator, (1) infrared, (1) PS/2, (1) Microphone jack, (1) Headphone jack, (1) Line-in jack
# Security: Power-on password (2-level password support), HDD access password, Main system memory modem and internal, HDD security screws included, Cable lock slot, SecureSleep (Screen Blank), Keyboard Lock
# Dimensions(WxDxH): 30.9cm x 26.3cm x 4.4cm; Weight: 3Kg
# 14.1-inch Active-Matrix TFT Display
# 56K Modem
# 1 Year Warranty
# Microsoft® Windows 98 SE