A good used laptop for the price
Pros:
cheap laptop with a lot of today's features
Large screen
Cons:
Small hard drive compared to today's standard
Small max. resolution
The Bottom Line:
A good workhorse laptop for little money. Pick one up if can.
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Author's Review
I just got this laptop from a local guy at the beginning of the month, and its been great so far.
My desktop is a 3 year old gaming machine, and I needed a computer to just do basic school work while I'm at school and during the commute home. The battery gets 3 hours straight if I just do internet surfing, and that's with two batteries.
Its kinda heavy being close to 6lbs with the two batteries, but the 14" screen is worth it, although I wish the max resolution could be better than 1024x768. The laptop itself has two bays for either a combination of batteries DVD reader/CD burner, or other accessories, with one USB port, one PS/2 port, one LPT port, and one display port. It also has ports for CAT5 networking cable and a dialup modem, as well as a mic and a headphone jack. The speakers on this baby sounds a bit tiny, but then again, who uses the built in notebook speakers? More internal goodies include an Intel Pentium III Mobile 1ghz processor, with 512mb of RAM, a 16mb dedicated video card, 20gb Hard drive and room for a miniPCI card on the bottom.
This computer is good for the basic stuff, ranging from internet surfing to music listening and editing photos (and sometimes you can do all three) but as I use it, I'm beginning to realize that 20gb is too small for my music collection, movies, and other things I want to take with me.
The laptop's hinges get pretty loose, but then again: it is used and probably the previous owner used it for business. And I needed to buy a PCIMA card to have wireless internet access.
If there's one thing I'd change on this computer, it'll be the weight, as I currently use a shoulder bag to carry it and it hurts my arms when I carry it. Also, having two or maybe four USB ports might not hurt, but then again, this computer is something to type out quick notes, or to edit that last minute presentation or essay.
Specs:
Intel Pentium III Mobile 1ghz Processor (750mhz on battery)
512mb RAM
20gb Hard Drive
14" screen
16mb video memory
two PCIMA slots
Basic "business ports"
Two front bays for batteries, optical drives, etc
