Fujitsu-Siemens F26084-V421-A2 in Dunnes, bargain or not?

JohnCleary

Dad just rang me there, he said there's a Fujitsu Siemens 'Business Notebook' F26084-V421-A2 in Dunnes Stores for 449 euro, "Save 100 euro" on it

Closest thing I Can come up with is on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.it/Futjitsu-Siemens-F26084-V421-A6_W0QQitemZ150196573005QQcmdZViewItem

It comes up as A6 in the title, but in the decription it comes up as A2

Is it a bargain? Can anyone giv eme more info?

The oul man was just going to buy it for the Sister who's in college, all she'd be using it for is browsing the net, doing up documents etc. etc.

Any advise appreciated, thanks

AlmightyCushion

The spec from the ebay page:

Model F26084-V421-A2 Amilo Pro V2035 CM 380 1,6Ghz 15,4
WXGA 2x256MB 60GB DVD+R+-RW DLL WLAN XP ProP
UniChrome Pro 3D/2D
Klasa procesora Intel Celeron M

I'd say the one in Dunnes will be running vista. If this is the spec then I'd spend my money on something more worthwhile like magic some magic beans. It's an absolutely dior spec especially if it's running vista.

JohnCleary

Oh im aware of the spec on the link alright. I just don't know if this is the same machine? Pretty sucky alright. Obviously the first thing i'd do is put XP on. I hate my sister, but don't hate her enough to make her use Vista

savemejebus

no no a hundred times no, the dunnes machines suck, low low crap spec. get a vostro from dell for her instead.

Gadgetman496

JohnCleary wrote: »

Obviously the first thing i'd do is put XP on. I hate my sister, but don't hate her enough to make her use Vista

Just be aware that some of the newer hardware has no drivers available for XP.

Have a read of this article:
http://www.thorschrock.com/2007/04/03/think-again-if-you-plan-to-remove-vista-and-install-xp-on-a-laptop/

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JohnCleary

Excellent advise guy's, again boards.ie has saved me a few bob

If I ever make it to a beers remind me of your advises and ill buy ye a pint (to share )

mutherboard

if it's the same one i saw in cornelscourt it has celeron m540, 1 gig ram, 80 gig hard drive and vista an esprimo mobile it was