Did I do well on this used Latitude L400?

[Asharus]

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I've been in the market for a used laptop for a while now, and while browsing, I saw this under the $500 mark w/ 1 minute left and decided to snipe it. Picked it up for $490 + $17.99 shipping, plus it has about 270 days left of "Complete Care".

I basically just wanted it for a portable DVD player and a decent computer I can haul around to remotely connect to my PC at home (my gf's desktop is awefully slow).

 

[SaigonK]

You did okay, especially if it still has 270 days of complete care. Thats the best part, now drop it and get dell to give you a D400 to replace it

Just kidding about the dropping it part.

 

[loup garou]

Not a bad deal, but no barnburner either. It's going to suck as a portable dvd player though, because the dvd drive is external.

 

[Gunbuster]

Enjoy the external DVD and doghouse.

No real pics on the page is not a good thing, all the L400's I have seen are from Exec's and they beat on them pretty hard

 

[sparkyclarky]

Not too bad, but not the best. You might have been happier if you would have picked up the C400 deal in hot deals. But if you only had $500, this isn't a bad deal.

 

[Asharus]

Originally posted by: werk
Not a bad deal, but no barnburner either. It's going to suck as a portable dvd player though, because the dvd drive is external.

Yeah, I thought about that, which is why I waited for so long to jump on a C600 that their Ebay Store has tons of, but they all end at around $600, plus it's slightly thicker.

 

[Asharus]

Originally posted by: sparkyclarky
Not too bad, but not the best. You might have been happier if you would have picked up the C400 deal in hot deals. But if you only had $500, this isn't a bad deal.

Yep, the ones in Hot Deals are great, but everytime I configured one, I would always add more RAM, get the larger Vid cards, DVD/CDRW combo, etc etc and drove the price up to 1.2 to 1.5 k.

 

[techfuzz]

Make sure you get the warranty transferred by the guy you're buying it from. Don't wait until you have a problem and you gotten get the original person to change it for you. He may not be around any more.

techfuzz

 

[Asharus]

It's direct from Dell. They transfer it after the sale.

 

[techfuzz]

Originally posted by: Asharus
It's direct from Dell. They transfer it after the sale.

Ahhh, not an issue then!

techfuzz