IBM laptop for <€200

Dman001

http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/product.php?product=SOLV007

Refurbished/Used IBM laptop for just under €200 delivered. Here are the specs:


Manufacturer: IBM Thinkpad T30 Laptop
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 Mobile 1.8Ghz
HDD: 30GB
Memory: 512Mb RAM minimum
Optical Drive: DVD-ROM
Sound Card: 16 Bit On Board Sound, with Audio (line in, line out and microphone) Ports
Graphics: 32Mb Intel Extreme Graphics shared
Network Card: 10/100 Ethernet Port, Built in Wireless WiFi
Other Devices: 2 x USB , Parallel Port,
Screen: 14.1 inch TFT Flat Panel Screen
Operating System: Windows XP Pro COA License only (Software is preloaded but not supplied)
Warranty: 30 days RTB Warranty

Jilm

Cheers OP!

Ordered one for my Dad's birthday. Hope he appreciates it

Heisenberg.

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oneweb

Maybe I was just unlucky but I had nothing but trouble with a refurbished Thinkpad I got through Back From the Future a good while back.

ibook

>Can any of you computer whizz people comment on its quality?
>Wouldn't be the best with the ol' spec analysis...

Its a decent enough spec for surfing the web, Microsoft Office documents, watching dvd's and music. Dont expect to be doing hi-def video editing or playing recent games on this machine. There are no Windows XP disc's included so if the drive crashes, you'll loose the OS. Use Norton Ghost to mirror the drive to an external drive. Or just ditch XP and install Ubuntu :-)

WIZWEB

oneweb wrote: »

Maybe I was just unlucky but I had nothing but trouble with a refurbished Thinkpad I got through Back From the Future a good while back.

Yep same here and it was a Thinkpad as well.

Specs dont read that bad for a basic all rounder.

quarryman

I had one with work. Treated it like most people treat a work laptop ie, crap.

Never missed a beat.

daftdave

Dman001 wrote: »

http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/product.php?product=SOLV007

Refurbished/Used IBM laptop for just under €200 delivered. Here are the specs:


Manufacturer: IBM Thinkpad T30 Laptop
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 Mobile 1.8Ghz
HDD: 30GB
Memory: 512Mb RAM minimum
Optical Drive: DVD-ROM
Sound Card: 16 Bit On Board Sound, with Audio (line in, line out and microphone) Ports
Graphics: 32Mb Intel Extreme Graphics shared
Network Card: 10/100 Ethernet Port, Built in Wireless WiFi
Other Devices: 2 x USB , Parallel Port,
Screen: 14.1 inch TFT Flat Panel Screen
Operating System: Windows XP Pro COA License only (Software is preloaded but not supplied)
Warranty: 30 days RTB Warranty

the hard drive is tiny so dont plan on storing too much on it, it could do with another 512mb of memory,
for basic use you will get away with the 512mb, you will also need to have a copy of xp pro as it is not supplied with the machine so if anything goes wrong with your operating system you have nothing to reload from unless there is a backup partition on the hard drive , which will make your available 30gb even smaller,

so in a few words, ok for basic use, i.e internet, listening to music, that kinda stuff

just copped, no cd/dvd burner either, it will play em but not burn em.

jayteecork

Is there delivery on top of that?

Still, amazing bargain for a laptop.

I remember my father paying 2grand Irish for a laptop in 2001. Pentium 3 processor, 128MB RAM.

Quigs Snr

I have a couple of T31's lying around with similar specs (although I think mine have CD Burners and 15" screens, maybe). I didn't think they were worth anything, hmmm, maybe its to the for sale forum with my ones !

Esel

Quigs Snr wrote: »

....maybe its to the for sale forum with my ones !

Get with the times. It's adverts.ie now!

Ghost Train

t30's are about 4 years old, good machines but probably a bit old
the t40 was a good bit better and might still be worth looking at

price isn't too bad though

TerrorFirmer

Wouldn't really call that a bargain to be honest at all. It's a really old laptop, ancient, hot running P4, with a 30 day warranty - you'd get it for that price off adverts or similar easily and a basic 350 euro laptop would destroy it performance wise.

For example: Toshiba Satelitte Pro 370 euro

For twice the price, you're getting:

• An actual proper warranty
• A video card that's literally 10x faster
• A CPU that's 2-3x faster and about 4-5x in multi-thread apps
• A HD that's 4x larger
• Twice the memory, and faster
• dvd-rw, more usb, etc

Fair enough Thinkpads are fairly robust but 200 euro for a laptop that's about 6 years old, ancient hardware, with no proper warranty is not exactly what I would consider a bargain by any stretch....

here.from.day.1

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Wouldn't really call that a bargain to be honest at all. It's a really old laptop, ancient, hot running P4, with a 30 day warranty - you'd get it for that price off adverts or similar easily and a basic 350 euro laptop would destroy it performance wise.

For example: Toshiba Satelitte Pro 370 euro

For twice the price, you're getting:

• An actual proper warranty
• A video card that's literally 10x faster
• A CPU that's 2-3x faster and about 4-5x in multi-thread apps
• A HD that's 4x larger
• Twice the memory, and faster
• dvd-rw, more usb, etc

Fair enough Thinkpads are fairly robust but 200 euro for a laptop that's about 6 years old, ancient hardware, with no proper warranty is not exactly what I would consider a bargain by any stretch....

+1

Quigs Snr

A downside to these laptops and the reason my 2 are now gathering dust is a lack of WiFi, plus they have USB 1.1 ports. Thats right no USB2.0 so it takes a very long time to copy stuff to memory keys etc...

Although that being said, I did stick in a wireless PCMIA card and a USB2 card into one of them and it was perfect after that. Apart from that they are very reliable. I used them for work, but the battery life was always awful right from brand new.

Jilm

Quigs Snr wrote: »

A downside to these laptops and the reason my 2 are now gathering dust is a lack of WiFi

The model that was for sale had builtin wifi. They have sold out btw.

Ricky91t

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Wouldn't really call that a bargain to be honest at all. It's a really old laptop, ancient, hot running P4, with a 30 day warranty - you'd get it for that price off adverts or similar easily and a basic 350 euro laptop would destroy it performance wise.

For example: Toshiba Satelitte Pro 370 euro

For twice the price, you're getting:

• An actual proper warranty
• A video card that's literally 10x faster
• A CPU that's 2-3x faster and about 4-5x in multi-thread apps
• A HD that's 4x larger
• Twice the memory, and faster
• dvd-rw, more usb, etc

Fair enough Thinkpads are fairly robust but 200 euro for a laptop that's about 6 years old, ancient hardware, with no proper warranty is not exactly what I would consider a bargain by any stretch....

1 gig on vista is not enough though!

TerrorFirmer

ricky91t wrote: »

1 gig on vista is not enough though!

An extra 1gb of ram costs about 20 euro....I think you get the point I was making! Out-of-warranty, 6 year old, slow hardware is not really worthy of being touted as a fantastic bargain at 50% the cost of a machine 400% faster. ...

Fair enough some people might choose to spend 150-200 on a second hand laptop if they can't/don't want to spend more, and Thinkpads are solid machines, but that doesn't mean it's a 'bargain'....

sdanseo

The Scientist wrote: »

Can any of you computer whizz people comment on its quality?
Wouldn't be the best with the ol' spec analysis...

Frankly, useless. Web and email fine, anything else pretty much at all, is a nono.

Jilm

sdonn_1 wrote: »

Frankly, useless. Web and email fine, anything else pretty much at all, is a nono.

You're exaggerating.

There are a disproportionate number of powerusers on boards. This laptops specs will suffice for most average users everyday needs.

My only worry is the machine shítting itself anytime soon.

sdanseo

Jilm wrote: »

You're exaggerating.

There are a disproportionate number of powerusers on boards. This laptops specs will suffice for most average users everyday needs.

My only worry is the machine shítting itself anytime soon.

I'm really not. I have a laptop with a 1.6 centrino, 120GB HDD, 128MB graphics that's two years old and all it will do is web, email and voice clients. It will play music as well obviously, but I've a suspicion that the other lappy would struggle to multitask.

Asking it even to do Google Earth is tiresome.

OP, if you plan to buy that laptop and also plan to do anything other than web/email and or music, prepare to be very dissatisfied.