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Martin_1962

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CHeap laptopp advice
« on: 10 August 2008, 20:57:15 »
For my daughter

need wifi, USB and preferably a COM port so I can borrow it.

MUST be Windows XP.

Any ideas on what to look for?
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Re: CHeap laptopp advice
« Reply #1 on: 10 August 2008, 20:58:38 »
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Re: CHeap laptopp advice
« Reply #2 on: 10 August 2008, 20:58:46 »
com port is going to be rare on cheap new ones...
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« Reply #3 on: 10 August 2008, 21:00:33 »
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com port is going to be rare on cheap new ones...


As would an operating system, hence going at the S/H market
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Re: CHeap laptopp advice
« Reply #4 on: 10 August 2008, 21:02:41 »
Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
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Re: CHeap laptopp advice
« Reply #5 on: 10 August 2008, 21:07:19 »
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical


Just looking for very cheap and XP
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Re: CHeap laptopp advice
« Reply #6 on: 10 August 2008, 21:10:51 »
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical


Just looking for very cheap and XP
Why does it have to be XP?

What sort of budget?
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« Reply #7 on: 10 August 2008, 21:11:36 »
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical


Just looking for very cheap and XP

Well i have a Toshiba satellite pro 4300 for sale.

Its an older machine...but more than capable of day to day tasks such as internet ect.

Ive no hard drive for it so xp would need loading (have disks so not a problem) so would need too grab a cheap one from ebay ect.

Price....£45 deliverd.

Sold a few dozen of these over the last couple of years....mostly on ebay and a couple too Vxon people a while back.
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« Reply #8 on: 10 August 2008, 21:12:15 »
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical

I got my replacement Dell L400 of fleabay.......carnt remember the exact price........but £30-£40 iirc

Its not bad........only a 750Mhz proc.....upgraded the mem to 256....from 128 and put in a 60G HD from old L400....

Good enuf for surfing and emails  :y
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Re: CHeap laptopp advice
« Reply #9 on: 10 August 2008, 21:12:29 »
cheap at tesco but no com port
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Re: CHeap laptopp advice
« Reply #10 on: 10 August 2008, 21:13:18 »
Try Dell...Latitude series still available with XP and a serial Port.  I use the ATG version (half way to a Toughbook) for work..

You can only get the Latitude through the Small Business section - the "Home" user apparently wants pretty coloured ones instead...

£299+VAT...
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Re: CHeap laptopp advice
« Reply #11 on: 10 August 2008, 21:16:42 »
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical

I got my replacement Dell L400 of fleabay.......carnt remember the exact price........but £30-£40 iirc

Its not bad........only a 750Mhz proc.....upgraded the mem to 256....from 128 and put in a 60G HD from old L400....

Good enuf for surfing and emails  :y
Blimey, thats a blast from the past.  I had a L400.  Actually, was it a LS400. Can't remember. Max mem is 256Mb, and no serial port.  Gave it away about 2 or 3yrs ago to a good friend, he still uses it....
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Re: CHeap laptopp advice
« Reply #12 on: 10 August 2008, 21:26:30 »
Got a Dell Latitude C840 at work running XP. It's got a Pentium 1.8 chip and 1 Gb memory. I am well overdue an upgrade, but frankly it is so good I am not shouting about an upgrade. No problem moving 25 Mb of data off a SQL server in to Excel...

Because it is so old, the COM port works. Integrated LAN. DVD burner.

The HD is 40Gb in mine - small but I am networked so no issue there. The graphics run at 1600 x 1200.

There's one here for a "buy it now" of £145
Dell C840 on ebay

P,S. Wi-fi is via a card, not internal. "Buy it now" for £6.00
ebay wifi PCMCIA card
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Re: CHeap laptopp advice
« Reply #13 on: 10 August 2008, 21:32:07 »
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical

I got my replacement Dell L400 of fleabay.......carnt remember the exact price........but £30-£40 iirc

Its not bad........only a 750Mhz proc.....upgraded the mem to 256....from 128 and put in a 60G HD from old L400....

Good enuf for surfing and emails  :y
Blimey, thats a blast from the past.  I had a L400.  Actually, was it a LS400. Can't remember. Max mem is 256Mb, and no serial port.  Gave it away about 2 or 3yrs ago to a good friend, he still uses it....

Yep you had a LS400......remember you saying about it  :y

LS 400 only a 400Mhz proc L400 has a 750Mhz  :y

My L400 which im using now  :y doesnt have a serial port built in BUT it does if you have a port replicator.....which i do....for cheapo tech2  :y
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Re: CHeap laptopp advice
« Reply #14 on: 10 August 2008, 21:34:23 »
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Got a Dell Latitude C840 at work running XP. It's got a Pentium 1.8 chip and 1 Gb memory. I am well overdue an upgrade, but frankly it is so good I am not shouting about an upgrade. No problem moving 25 Mb of data off a SQL server in to Excel...

Because it is so old, the COM port works. Integrated LAN. DVD burner.

The HD is 40Gb in mine - small but I am networked so no issue there. The graphics run at 1600 x 1200.

There's one here for a "buy it now" of £145
Dell C840 on ebay

P,S. Wi-fi is via a card, not internal. "Buy it now" for £6.00
ebay wifi PCMCIA card
Not used a C840, but have a C640 here, 2.2Ghz P4, 1G ram, 40G HDD.  Decent enough, but being P4, too slow, too hot to run on lap, poor battery life, and this P4 era was a bad time for Dell reliability wise on there laptops (hence why so many Dell latitude system boards on ebay).  Not sure why, lead free solder perhaps? Or simply the heat the things generate?
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