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now I waste my time here on the forum and rely on you guys to make a wise purchasing decision - space-time - 04-10-2009
I need a laptop for my inlaws. email, browsing, slideshows. They have a 600 MHz Pentium 2 I think, which is looong past it's useful life
I just got this email from office depot, and I saw one Compag for $400.
What do you think? I have no idea what to look for when it comes to laptops, I have not looked into which CPUs/Graphic cards are good and what to avoid. I used to read tech sites long time ago, now I waste my time here on the forum and rely on you guys to make a wise purchasing decision.
Any thoughts? Thanks a lot!
http://officedepot.shoplocal.com/officedepot/Default.aspx?action=browsepagedetail&storeid=2465581&rapid=686141&pagenumber=1&listingid=-2089901113
Compaq Presario Notebook with AMD Athlon™ X2 QL-62 Dual-Core Processor
Office Depot® Exclusive, SAVE $130
$399.99
After $100 Instant & $30 Mail-In Savings
( In Store Price $429.99)
This offer is not yet available
Apr 12 - 18
15.6" SCREEN
2GB MEMORY
160GB HARD DRIVE
- nVidia® GeForce™ Graphics Card, CD/DVD Recorder with disc labeling technology, Integrated number pad
SMART FEATURE: Burn labels onto CDs/DVDs using Lightscribe Technology™
Advance performance for true multi-tasking
Model CQ60-206US
#817-575
Re: now I waste my time here on the forum and rely on you guys to make a wise purchasing decision - AlphaDog - 04-10-2009
The only thing I'll say is that my son bought a refurbished Compac laptop from Costco in May of 2004. He had it over here the other day, and it's still going strong. I asked him how it was holding up, and he said he's never had any trouble with it, not oven with Win XP. Go figure. No, I'm sorry I don't know which model, but that would be useless information now anyway.
Re: now I waste my time here on the forum and rely on you guys to make a wise purchasing decision - Paul F. - 04-10-2009
What do I think?
I think it's a PC...
Nay, I am certain of it!
Re: now I waste my time here on the forum and rely on you guys to make a wise purchasing decision - C(-)ris - 04-10-2009
It is a PC, who cares? Just buy the cheapest POS you can find.
Re: now I waste my time here on the forum and rely on you guys to make a wise purchasing decision - Jack D. - 04-10-2009
I guess they're just not cool enough to be mac owners? :devil:
Re: now I waste my time here on the forum and rely on you guys to make a wise purchasing decision - DaviDC. - 04-10-2009
It ain't bad.
The question is, what do YOU think about it, since you'll be the tech guy?
Re: now I waste my time here on the forum and rely on you guys to make a wise purchasing decision - volcs0 - 04-10-2009
Yeah, that will be fine for them. I bought my sister a $400 Toshiba 2 years ago, and she beat the crap out of it, dragging it to class every day - it is still going strong.
If Vista comes on there, will you wipe it and install XP?
Re: now I waste my time here on the forum and rely on you guys to make a wise purchasing decision - space-time - 04-10-2009
Jack D. wrote:
I guess they're just not cool enough to be mac owners? :devil:
They're probably not cool enough to be Mac owners, but they are certainly not evil!
Re: now I waste my time here on the forum and rely on you guys to make a wise purchasing decision - space-time - 04-10-2009
volcs0 wrote:
Yeah, that will be fine for them. I bought my sister a $400 Toshiba 2 years ago, and she beat the crap out of it, dragging it to class every day - it is still going strong.
If Vista comes on there, will you wipe it and install XP?
oh crap, I forgot about this. I noticed they don't even list the OS, could be Linux, maybe that's why it's cheapish.
Re: now I waste my time here on the forum and rely on you guys to make a wise purchasing decision - space-time - 04-10-2009
C(-)ris wrote:
It is a PC, who cares? Just buy the cheapest POS you can find.
Well, let me put it this way (car analogy): I want to make sure it's not a "Yugo", they'll do just fine with a "Hyunday". They don't need a Mercedes, not even a Honda.
Is this the Yugo of laptops? if not, then it's probably good enough for them.