Used cheap laptops.

[Tharkun]

 

[Tharkun]

I hate it when it does that.

Anyway, I am looking for a used laptop, around 14.1" screen, 128MB RAM (upgradable too 256MB) 500MHz processor, 16MB video, 5-10 gig HDD (upgradable to 30 gig or so). Is this possibel for under $300? Or maybe something better for $500?

 

[smp]

Originally posted by: Tharkun
I hate it when it does that. Anyway, I am looking for a used laptop, around 14.1" screen, 128MB RAM (upgradable too 256MB) 500MHz processor, 16MB video, 5-10 gig HDD (upgradable to 30 gig or so). Is this possibel for under $300? Or maybe something better for $500?

Not for under 500 .. maybe not even for 500, unless it's a celeron or something .. I used to look around for used laptops and they're hard to find for a good price.

 

[Tharkun]

Indeed they are. I spend time looking on Ebay for laptops but they are all so expensive, and these things have like a 300MHz PII processor.

 

[ed21x]

you may wanna post this in the 'for sale/trade" forum

 

[Markfw]

Igot a Sony Vaio K62-550 with 192 meg ram, dvd, 12 gig hd, for $572 shipped (Ebay after days of looking), but it had a bad battery (cost $150 on Ebay to replace, $250 new) I had a friend that got a Celeron 550 for $600 local used, and the battery worked (last week) They are still too spendy IMO. Good luck on your search, $500 is hard to get under for something worth having.

 

[Workin']

Yeah, what you are looking for will be more like $650-$700 with a good battery, etc.

 

[smp]

You're better off saving up and getting a new one.

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

Yup. What you're askin for probably starts at ~$500. I picked up a Dell CPx w/500Mhz PIII, 128MB RAM, 10Gig HDD, 8MB Video, and a new battery for $600 off Ebay and it came with no OS.

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: smp
You're better off saving up and getting a new one.

Yeah, that's true. laptops are funny because they lose a ton of value in the first six months of ownership, but after that they their value remains fairly stable. Honestly, used laptops don't have the bang/buck ratio going for them at all (IMHO at least).

 

[Tharkun]

Now that I think of it, I will just get a good desktop, and forget about the laptop. The only people who really need one are people that travel on business. Desktop would work much better for me.

 

[JMann2380]

Tharkun

It sounds like I have exactly what your lookin for, email me at JMann2380@msn.com if you want some details.

I am gettin a new laptop and need to sell my dell I have, It has TWO good batteries btw.

-Josh

 

[JMann2380]

Here are some details

Dell Latitude C600
600 mghz PIII (pretty sure)
10 gig HDD (pretty sure)
modular floppy & cd drive
2 modular batteries (both last couple of hours)
14.1 inch screen
512 mb ram (cost me pretty penny to upgrade)


Here is a picture of it I found on a google search:

http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2001/01/Notebook/Wortmann/Dell-Latitude.jpg

Wanna know more let me know.... JMann2380@msn.com

-Josh