thoughts on this cheap refurb laptop

[joaks]

I wanted some opinions on this laptop. Seems like an usually good price so I am a little suspicious. I am looking for something to replace my current laptop (a 1.2Ghz, 2GB, 30GB) which has some bad spots on the hard drive and is running very slowly. I will mostly use basic functions such as office, Coreldraw, Firefox etc. No gaming. Used 99% for work.

Here it is, I would get the 4GB RAM flavor:
http://www.computersnow.com/Dell-Latitud...t1.8-2120xp.htm

 

[SwampSurvivor]

That's a lot of money for such an old laptop. You can pick up that similar model, also "refurbished" for $150 on e-bay.

With that said, as long as you didn't get the Nvidia Quadro cards, they were rock solid computers.

 

[Rand]

thats not really cheap.

you can get a brand new with sandybridge celeron.. for ~~279$ to 300$

 

[Bryankkkk]

That is alot of money for that old of a computer imo.

 

[joaks]

Looks like everyone agrees so far.

I hate to be the guy who seems to not be able to use google, but where do I find a better deal? Checking out ubid right now. Amazon seems to be largely similar to the one I posted already in terms of price for hardware.

 

[Rand]

where are you at in ohio?

microcenter is a good place to start

279$
http://www.microcenter.com/product/402682/R503U-MH21_156_Laptop_Computer_-_Black

 

[bubbajoe_2112]

Brand new Dell 16" laptop for $300 (Celeron 1.5Ghz, 4GB RAM, 320GB HD, wireless N, Win8)

Also, Staples currently has a coupon for $75 off desktops/laptops.

 

[EddieCairns]

I have refurbed a D630 for my niece. Three gigs RAM, WIN7 and Office 10. She loves it and it is just that bit smaller than a 15.6 in laptop.

eddie

 

[Donald]

You want Win 7 64bit. Windows XP is only supported for another 200-300 days.

 

[EricF]

I'd get on ebay and see what's there in HP, Toshiba or Asus.
Fry's Electronics here sells new laptops with win8 for $299 that are fully loaded.
If you "HAVE" to have a dell, then I'd get on ebay.

 

[joaks]

I'm still using XP myself but I thought I heard windows 7 was more problematic than XP (?).

 

[mrsilv04]

Originally Posted By: Donald
You want Win 7 64bit. Windows XP is only supported for another 200-300 days.


A little more than that. April 2014.

 

[dparm]

$220 for that seems like a lot, especially without W7.

 

[mrsilv04]

Here's what I'm typing this message on right now... I did this a month ago:

A Dell Latitude E6400 laptop off of eBay, from DFS.

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2887884#Post2887884