Need some used lappy recomendations

[focusdchaos]

I just got rid of my Omnibook 510 (similar to IBM X series.) A great little machine that I would recomend to anyone, battery life wasn't that great though.

I would really like a 13" screen (maybe a 14" if I could find something in a 12"x9"x1.25")
Must have trackpoint.
No more than 5.5lbs.
I'm not adverse to no optical drive.
CPU must be some flavor of Pentium M.

My budget limit is $600.
I havn't found anythinat that meets my hardware requirements, I think the closest are Thinkpad T40 (really hard to get this in budget), HP/Compaq NC6000, and Dell D600.

Any suggestions?

 

[focusdchaos]

Morning bumpage.

 

[mickles]

Check ebay for T40's is all I got for ya... 600 is kinda slim for those requirements.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Your price is too low.
IBM has refurbished Thinkpads on their site.

 

[focusdchaos]

I'm not wanting to buy new. I want something ~2 years old, first gen Pentium M devices.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

I thought Pentium Ms were relatively new? Or you talking Pentium 4 mobile?

 

[focusdchaos]

Pentium M was released in March 2003.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
I thought Pentium Ms were relatively new? Or you talking Pentium 4 mobile?

Pentium M's have been around for about 2 years or so. They've been through three major iterations:

Banias -- 130nm fab, 1MB L2 Cache, 400MHz FSB; original 855 chipsets

Dothan -- 90nm fab, 2MB L2 Cache, 400MHz FSB, improved branch predictor, improved power saving features; continued on 855 chipsets

Dothan on Sonoma -- same CPU exactly, 533MHz FSB; 915 chipsets

OP: Again, $600 is too low. Here is the cheapest Pentium M Certified Used T-series:
http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/s...tegoryId=2576396&dualCurrId=73&catalogId=-840

Dell Direct has refurb notebooks, might find something there.

I would go for a used Thinkpad or HP way before a Dell though.........

 

[focusdchaos]

If I scratch my other requirements, does anyone know of any 13" Pentium M notebooks with TrackPoints?

 

[Valkerie]

you're asking for a pentium 3 with 600 USD

put win 2K on an IBM p3 and you've got yourself some very decent performing laptop.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: focusdchaos
If I scratch my other requirements, does anyone know of any 13" Pentium M notebooks with TrackPoints?

To my knowledge, Dell and IBM are the only ones offering TrackPoints. So no. Your options are an IBM X-series (12"), IBM T or R series (14"), Dell Latitude 14", Dell Latitude 12"

 

[focusdchaos]

Toshiba and HP also do.

I think I've exhausted my options, I think its comming down to one of the following:

HP Compaq nc6000
HP Compaq nc4000
Dell Latitude D600
Dell Latitude x300
IBM Thinkpad T40

In reality I think the 2 HPs and Dell D600 are probably the ones I will end up looking the most at.

I wish people other than Sony offered a 13" screen that isn't a budget version of a 14" machine. The Dells are built a bit more flimsy and don't have as good battery life as the HPs and IBMs, but the HPs are bulkier. I guess each has it's own trade off.

To bad a Thinkpad T40p is out of my price range, it would be great.