Lenovo 3000 N200

hankyspank44

Hey all,

Starting a research masters soon and am looking for a laptop to aid that. It'll be mainly for c/c++/c# gui stuff. Will be nearly exclusively for that, so gaming etc isn't a big concern. Have the following in mind and am wondering what peoples opinions are:

Lenovo 3000 N200

* Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 / 1.5 GHz ( Dual-Core )
* RAM - 1 GB (installed) / 3 GB (max) - DDR II SDRAM - 667 MHz - PC2 5300
* Hard Drive - 120 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
* Operating System - Microsoft Windows XP Professional
* Screen - 15.4" TFT active matrix 1280 x 800 ( WXGA ) - 24-bit (16.7 million colours)
* Optical Drive - DVD-Writer - integrated
* Graphics - Intel GMA X3100
* Bluetooth - Yes
* Notebook Camera - Integrated - 1.3 Megapixel
* Warranty - 1 year warranty

Price: €699

I would definitely upgrade the RAM myself but what about the rest? Any opinions?

Cheers

Adam

Great laptops. Had the N100 myself recently, just sold it on adverts. To be honest, it's all you need, so it's fine. But as I'm sure others will point out also, you can probably get a better spec'd laptop on dell for less.

One thing in favour of the Lenonvos though, the build quality is great, and she can really take a beating!

hankyspank44

Yeah, I had a Dell a while back and it wasn't the greatest in build quality...

Would installing 3 gigs RAM be a bit overkill do you reckon?

Adam

Probably, but not if you plan to stick with Vista as your OS, it eats ram for brekkie, lunch and dinner! If you're downgrading to XP, which most would recommend, 2 gigs would be plenty.

Onikage

Available on ibood today.

IamBeowulf

Actually the one on Ibood appears to be a superior version, with 2gb instead of 1gb ram, and T7250 2ghz processor. Excellent deal!

james1234

Did you get that laptop, any pros/cons if you did?

Just about to get one myself here on ibood today, better spec too for €529

* Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T250
* Processor internal clock speed: 2.00 GHz
* Front Side Bus: 800 MHz
* Provided Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
* Screen: 15.4 inch WXGA VibrantView TFT LCD Glossy
* Screen illumination: Backlit
* Screen Resolution: 1280 x 800
* Graphics chipset: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 with Turbo Cache
* Video RAM: 256 MB
* Video RAM type: DDR2
* Memory: 2GB (2 x 1 GB - max. 4GB)
* RAM speed supported: 667MHz
* RAM type: PC2-5300 DDR SDRAM
* Hard Disk Size: 160 GB S-ATA
* With DVD recordable (Dual Layer) 24X Max
* Fax/Modem: MWave ‘Combo’ Card V.90 & 56K
* Fax/Modem speeds: 56 Kbps/14.4 Kbps fax
* Network Card: 10/100 Ethernet
* Ports: External Display (VGA) / Microphone / Line-In / Headphone / Line out / IEEE 1394 / RJ-11 / RJ-45 / S-Video out / 4 USB 2.0 / 5-in-1 Multi-card Reader