Lappy's are soo expensive(!)

[Diademed]

It just amazes me how much laptops are going for.

Looking for a PIII (~5-600mghz) and up laptop, and seeing nothing below $400 hurts, especially considering laptops faster than my desktop (2500+) can be had for ~$500.

Why is this? Is everyone just trying to get back the $2,000 they paid for those PIII beauties back in 2000?

This poor CE student is /sad.

 

[Eli]

Yeah, it's pretty ridiclous... I was in the market for one a while back.

 

[imported_Mike]

you just missed it

 

[zainali]

why not spend $700-800 and get a fairly loaded dell or hp laptop?

 

[BRObedoza]

yeah seriously i wanted to get a budget laptop for school but people were charging major bones for a few years old laptop. i just bit the bullet and saved the extra cash for a new one instead.

 

[Bateluer]

The Inspiron XPS M170 spec'd the way I want comes to just shy of 3400.

 

[Diademed]

Still -- for a non-gaming machine, purely something to take to class and do notes and homework on, anything over $200 seems a little steep to me.

Recently, there were several machines on the trade forums-- one trader was asking $400 for his PIII 700, saying he had asked around as to how much it was worth, while still another offered his reasonably equipped 1.6ghz for a measly $500.

Anyone else see the conundrum?
Your costs are sunk.

Dear World:

Sell it for its worth, not as an attempt to recoup an investment.

Love,
Dia