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ProfLiebstrom
14-Dec-2004, 23:13
Looking for a cheap laptop that I can just use t'internet, irc, winamp and word processing programs on.

Only needs to have a HDD around 5 - 10GB and a USB slot so I can get a bluetooth dongle and share the internet over this PC. Battery life is not an issue since only places I will be using it are in the house and possibly on a train which has plug sockets anyway. Anyone selling one or got a place that sells them reasonably cheap.

Cheers.
Heartwork
14-Dec-2004, 23:22
check ebay tbh, you'll find somethign that suits your needs cheap on there. laptops dont usually go for too much on ebay.
ProfLiebstrom
15-Dec-2004, 00:23
*sigh* like i said in the other thread whats the point if people are just going to go look on ebay! That's why im asking here i dont flipping trust ebay!
Heartwork
15-Dec-2004, 00:59
well, a laptop seems like a bit of an unlikely find on here to me. Maybe i'm wrong, but i'd nto have thought there were many people looking to sell laptops on trickery cause it's nto been advertised anywhere else. :o
ProfLiebstrom
15-Dec-2004, 01:19
ski equipment wasnt advertised anywhere else until on here either :P
Nor
15-Dec-2004, 01:53
Just to give you an idea for a price I sold my Compay Presario 1200 something for £200 bout 6 months ago. Was 550 odd mhz, 96mb, 5gb hd, crappy screen, cdrom only.

Definately try and get a tft screen or whatever the other ones are called. Mine was one of those older screens and its no fun to use.
ProfLiebstrom
15-Dec-2004, 02:58
ah you mean the ones that have pretty much no colour on them ?
Nor
15-Dec-2004, 03:20
Colour was fine, but you couldn't really look at it at much of an angle.
Heartwork
15-Dec-2004, 04:05
ski equipment wasnt advertised anywhere else until on here either :P

yes, but that's different. This is a gaming community, and a laptop would be something of interest to the majority of people. If someone had one to sell, I reckon we'd see a post somewhere about it outside of here, seeing as many still lack access to this forum.

Anyway, enough of that. Dell do nice laptops for about £600 though, if that's within your price range.
Flossie
15-Dec-2004, 10:28
I have one - possibly two - Dell Lattitude P2-266 with CD and excellent TFT screen, 128Meg Ram and ?10? gb HD which are free to a good home. (Don't expect blazing performance but its fine as long as you don't mind a bit of a chug to start-up).
ProfLiebstrom
15-Dec-2004, 12:14
I love you flossie......thats all I need really. It is just for word, irc and browsing in bed really or downstairs. I take it they have some way I can give them bluetooth capabilities such as USB ports :x
LordDefendA
15-Dec-2004, 12:42
Free? Id be interested also!
Flossie
15-Dec-2004, 12:46
both now reserved!

(sorry LordD, you weren't quick enough!)
ProfLiebstrom
15-Dec-2004, 12:48
Now I know something parents can get me for crimbo! USB dongles and a nice new USB 2.0 hub.
Q-Target
15-Dec-2004, 12:51
flossie - get some more laptops
[n00b]SteveO
15-Dec-2004, 13:05
flossie - get some more laptops

seconded!
ProfLiebstrom
16-Dec-2004, 18:05
flossie if its possible i would like mine before crimbo :P i know im cutting it a bit fine though!
Cam
16-Dec-2004, 20:36
some nice cheap lappys on here http://www.itclear.com/
ProfLiebstrom
16-Dec-2004, 21:27
i know very little about laptops so does the laptop have a PCMCIA slot that will accept this:

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?id=491 ?
BBW
17-Dec-2004, 07:40
Yes.
LordDefendA
17-Dec-2004, 13:04
flossie - get some more laptops


yeah Id love one!
ProfLiebstrom
17-Dec-2004, 16:26
Yes.


Did I ask a stupid question then asking if it has a PCMCIA slot? Do all laptops have them then?
BBW
17-Dec-2004, 17:29
I wouldn't have been so unpolite about your question, but yes. It's kind of like a PCI slot on a desktop PC, do you know of a PC without a PCI slot?
moron
17-Dec-2004, 17:29
pretty much all have them, if i were you i'd grab the manuals from dells site and check whether they're pcic or cardbus pcmcia slots (i think) as the standard changed a while back and modern (cardbus) don't work in older slots.
ProfLiebstrom
17-Dec-2004, 17:36
well i did google around a bit and found out there are diffrent sizes and thanks to pi|mu|rho he gave me full specs of it and they will work fine :x


Ordered and on the way! PCMCIA card for the lappy, a usb one for this pc and a 7 port USB2 hub :D

Expected on sunday!

So flossie stick the lappy in the post tomorrow if its possible! can send you payment for the postage tonight :x
Flossie
17-Dec-2004, 20:40
sorry was up at 4am this morning, and going to bed now - as I said, can't do anything until monday, but I'll see if its possible to get it to you before xmas.
ProfLiebstrom
17-Dec-2004, 20:47
well send it via special next day delivery :P how much does it weigh? Can send you money for it then
ProfLiebstrom
22-Dec-2004, 13:05
yay for laptop! naked in bed woo!
LordDefendA
22-Dec-2004, 17:06
ewww tmi :o
burundi
22-Dec-2004, 17:40
Your laptop is naked, in your bed?

Strange boy...
Murasame
22-Dec-2004, 19:38
flossie look what u have done
Flossie
23-Dec-2004, 10:46
pics or it didn't happen!
oxy
23-Dec-2004, 11:28
Nooo The Mental Image Is Wrong!
ProfLiebstrom
24-Dec-2004, 03:25
pics or it didn't happen!

not got one of me naked however i do have....

alcohol is bad
BBW
24-Dec-2004, 08:39
Wow, you must work out?
GroovYF
24-Dec-2004, 09:10
:lol:
Pulse
24-Dec-2004, 13:59
Er whats that slightly darker patch around his crack?
ProfLiebstrom
24-Dec-2004, 19:22
possibly my crack. Since they are black


damn the things done when drunk