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From: Mel on 28 Apr 2010 10:58 Any suggestions? I'm looking for an XP Dell. These have recently been listed. What would be a decent price? Are these both decent machines? My needs are web surfing and some Office applications Inspiron 6000 Item specifics - PC Laptops Brand: Dell Processor Type: -- Type: Laptop/Notebook Processor Speed: 1.6 GHz Screen Size: 15.4 inch Processor Configuration: Single Core Operating System: Windows XP Professional Memory (RAM): 2 GB Primary Drive: DVD+/-RW Hard Drive Capacity: 60 GB Inspiron E 1705 Brand: Dell Processor Type: Intel Centrino Type: Laptop/Notebook Processor Speed: 1.6 GHz Screen Size: 17 inch Processor Configuration: -- Operating System: Windows XP Professional Memory (RAM): 2 GB Primary Drive: CD-RW/DVD Combo Hard Drive Capacity: 106 GB
From: William R. Walsh on 28 Apr 2010 11:40 Hi! Well I don't know about you...but I'm loathe to buy a laptop computer from eBay. I'm of the belief that you cannot really know what you're getting--case in point being a machine that looks like hell because it was frequently used but works fine, while a nice looking machine was shelved early because it had problems. You also won't know how the battery was treated. I'd value both machines somewhere in the neighborhood of $150-235 with some preference to the Centrino platform system if battery life is important. (Not that I think the Celeron is bad, it's just not going to have the power efficiency of a system with Centrino platform parts. Note that Centrino refers not only to a processor but a specific package of Intel chipset, wireless and mobile CPU.) William
From: Christopher Muto on 28 Apr 2010 11:59 Mel wrote: > Any suggestions? I'm looking for an XP Dell. > These have recently been listed. > What would be a decent price? Are these both decent machines? My needs > are web surfing and some Office applications > > Inspiron 6000 > > Item specifics - PC Laptops > Brand: Dell Processor Type: -- > Type: Laptop/Notebook Processor Speed: 1.6 GHz > Screen Size: 15.4 inch Processor Configuration: Single Core > Operating System: Windows XP Professional Memory (RAM): 2 GB > Primary Drive: DVD+/-RW Hard Drive Capacity: 60 GB > > > > Inspiron E 1705 > > Brand: Dell Processor Type: Intel Centrino > Type: Laptop/Notebook Processor Speed: 1.6 GHz > Screen Size: 17 inch Processor Configuration: -- > Operating System: Windows XP Professional Memory (RAM): 2 GB > Primary Drive: CD-RW/DVD Combo Hard Drive Capacity: 106 GB > > used laptops that do not have any time left on the manufacturers warranty are generally worthless. sellers often feel they deserve a certain priced based on what they paid for the system but the used price is more honestly something an educated buyer would compare to the price of a new machine. a decent new laptop and fully warranted can be had for as little $400* and would far exceed the performance of either of the above systems in just about every way. an unexpected out of warranty repair would be costly, and likely would far exceed the value of a used machine. a replacement battery which is likely needed for a used machine is at least a quarter of the price of a new machine and it would not even provide as long of a run time that a new machine would have. if the used machine is advertised as still being under warranty then the warranty should be verified by calling dell before the sale - stolen machines, or those that lack the correct information about the current owner of record for whatever reason, will not have their warranty honored by dell. good luck. * as regularly on sale at staples and the like... this week staples has a 15.6" compaq with anthlon ii dual core, 3gb ram, 250gb disk, dvd-rw, wireless n, 4.5 hour battery, 1 year warranty for $398. this machine all around better than the two you described and i suspect it is not much more. load xp on it if you must have it.
From: Daddy on 28 Apr 2010 12:29 William R. Walsh wrote: > Hi! > > Well I don't know about you...but I'm loathe to buy a laptop computer > from eBay. I'm of the belief that you cannot really know what you're > getting--case in point being a machine that looks like hell because it > was frequently used but works fine, while a nice looking machine was > shelved early because it had problems. You also won't know how the > battery was treated. > > I'd value both machines somewhere in the neighborhood of $150-235 with > some preference to the Centrino platform system if battery life is > important. (Not that I think the Celeron is bad, it's just not going > to have the power efficiency of a system with Centrino platform parts. > Note that Centrino refers not only to a processor but a specific > package of Intel chipset, wireless and mobile CPU.) > > William Agreed. I'd sooner buy a computer from some guy in an alley before I'd buy one on Ebay (or Craigslist.) In an alley, at least you can see the person who's fleecing you. Daddy
From: r. dale shipp on 28 Apr 2010 14:04
In article <hr9if1$51u$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, nowayfriend(a)nuwoo.net says... Be very careful about the seller. I once bid on a new EEEpc netbook from a seller on Ebay who was offering three of them. Fortunately, I got outbid because looking at ratings afterwards, that seller took the money and never delivered any of the computers. I now suspect that he had hijacked someone else s account. I concur with the other statements made with respect to getting an inexpensive laptop from a reputable store new. Do some online shopping as well (CompUSA, Buy.com, newegg.com etc.). A good site to look at is: http://dealnews.com -- R. Dale Shipp spam_catcher3 (at) _delete_this_comcast (dot) net |