This a good price?

DamienH

Hey,
I was offered a laptop form a reliable source on another foruma nd I'm just wondering if this is a good spec for the price I pay

Manufacturer: Dell
Model: Latitude D600
CPU: Intel Pentium Centrino M
CPU Speed: 1.4 GHz
Built in 802.11b Wireless
CDRW Drive Included
RAM: 512MB
Screen Size: 14.1"
Hard Drive: 40 GB
Mouse: Touchpad
Modem: 56K V.90 Modem
Network: Integrated Network Card
Audio: Internal speakers
Ports:
(2) USB 1.1
VGA out
S-Video Out
Serial Port
RJ-11 (modem)
RJ-45 (NIC)

He's looking for $300USD with a copy of windows included. TBH I think it can't be that abd but I jsut want to make sure

Tom Dunne

It's a good price, but how old is it?

The reason I ask is that battery life decreases exponentially with age. Ask how long he/she gets out of the battery on a full charge. You will pay almost as much again for a replacement battery.

DamienH

thanks Tom, I asked him, waiting for a reply

DamienH

he rpelied that I'd get about 5 hrs non-idling work out of it. That dosen't sound too bad

Tom Dunne

No disrespect to your friend, but I would take that with a large pinch of salt.

I have a 4 month old IBM Centrino and I only get about three hours out of it. Still, even if you get 2.5 hours, that is good.

CuLT

Nice price alright, doubt the battery life is true, unless you maybe had the screen had disks and LED lights on the laptop turned off Maybe the keyboard polling too.

DamienH

grand so thanks for that. TBH 2 hrs would do me just as good, will get 2 of them so

manchine

For what it's worth I've got a D600 (work laptop) - had it for more than 2 years. I'd be lucky to get 1.5 - 2 hours out of it on the battery.
That's with moderate use (including watching movies).