Roommate offered to sell me his notebook

[Known Unsoldier]

So I've been trying to get a modestly priced lappy for a while now, and my roommate just offered to sell me his at a price I can afford. He says he's giving me a hell of a deal for $400.

Specs:

Inspiron 8200
Pentium 1.7 M
384 mb ram
video card: dont know
40gb hd
dvd rom/cd-rw
linksys card

everything is in very nice shape, and the screen is nice and bright.

All I know is this model is like 3-4 years old, so I'm trying to figure out if $400 is indeed a steal, and if not, if it is worth it. Also, good laptop?

Thanx.

 

[tyim]

I don't think they had pentium m 1.7 chips out 3-4 years ago. Or now... I know there's a 1.6 and 1.8 and 2.0.

Maybe you mean pIII 1.7?

 

[dementedlemur]

It's probably a mobile p4 1.7, not pentium m. A very decent deal considering those specs.

 

[Known Unsoldier]

Originally posted by: dementedlemur
It's probably a mobile p4 1.7, not pentium m. A very decent deal considering those specs.

Yeah it says mobile... I just figured that meant it was an official "M"

Good deal though? Ok, I think I may finally have a laptop.

 

[Connoisseur]

if it's 3-4 years it's a p4-m 1.7ghz. Big diff between that and the p-m 1.7 ghz. battery life won't be too hot. but if you don't care, it's a decent lappy for 400. might want to upgrade ram tho. 512mb is ideal for windows.

 

[ShellGuy]

If you get the system ID you can go on Dells website and pull up the specs for sure.


Will G.

 

[vegetation]

An OK price but I would not call that a steal considering new Celeron M's can be had for $500-600 these days with a rebate.

Make sure the battery doesn't have any dead cells else skip it.

 

[Known Unsoldier]

Yes, it is a p4-m 1.7

He says he replaced the battery a month ago with a bigger-than-original one from Ebay, so I'm not worried about that. And a stick of 256mb ram shouldn't be too expensive either.

I don't have the money up front to get a new celeron laptop, even if I can get rebates later.

Maybe I'll offer him $350.00.

 

[bastula]

I just sold this same machine for $850 on eBay around December. I'd say it's a great deal. I loved that machine and sometimes I wish I kept it. The only downside is that it doesn't have USB 2.0 and only has a mini firewire. The removeable drive bay is also very handy, as you can have a 2nd hard drive without lugging around a firewire or usb box. It was a workhorse and was faster than many of the desktops and laptops that I still use today.

 

[Corporate Thug]

take it, its a good deal

 

[dementedlemur]

Originally posted by: shady06
take it, its a good deal

 

[Known Unsoldier]

I bought'er. Man its nice to be able to surf the net and finish homework from your couch.

 

[dementedlemur]

Heck yes it is!
Good Call

 

[imported_Kensai]

Nice.

 

[uOpt]

Pentium-4s and Pentium-4Ms with less than 2 GHz and the slow RAM they used back then absolutely suck.

A Pentium-3 with 1.3 or even 1.0 GHz is a much better deal than 1 P4 1.6, unless you compress videos all day long.

 

[CptTripps]

Originally posted by: MartinCracauer
Pentium-4s and Pentium-4Ms with less than 2 GHz and the slow RAM they used back then absolutely suck.

A Pentium-3 with 1.3 or even 1.0 GHz is a much better deal than 1 P4 1.6, unless you compress videos all day long.

I owned a 8100 with a 1.2 P3, and then upgraded to the 8200 with a P4M 1.6, and I must say, you are wrong. The 8200 was far superior. You got a good deal my friend, I sold mine to my brother for 500 about a year ago, he loves it still and is even able to play HL2 on it, damn that source is a great engine.

 

[Known Unsoldier]

So far it works great. I'm using it for internet surfing and school work (Excel & Word), which it handles with ease. And it plays DVD's just fine and dandy as well. I'm more than happy with it.

 

[DaWhim]

congrats