What do you think of this?!

Captain Slow IRL

My mum is looking for a laptop, something cheap that'll be primarily used for skype and some light internet browsing - I was looking at this for her - would it be up to the task or would it be a waste of money?

ED E

Operating System Windows Pro 2000

Yeah, somehow I dont think so.

Wireless Optional Extra ?16.00

PCI-C Wireless....yeah, loada cr@p. Forget it. Nevermind the ****e proc and tiny amount of ram. My old EEE701 is nearly as good.

Skerries

that has been knocking around in their warehouse for at least 6-8 years by the look of it

Alanstrainor

Skerries wrote: »

that has been knocking around in their warehouse for at least 6-8 years by the look of it

They're refurbs, some company was getting rid of them. Crazy price. You'd pick up a decent netbook for 230ish. Which would blow it out of the water.

Captain Slow IRL

Where would I pick up one of theses netbooks? (what's the difference between a netbook and a laptop?)

ED E

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

Where would I pick up one of theses netbooks? (what's the difference between a netbook and a laptop?)

Smaller, slower(At big tasks), longer battery life, slightly small keyboard/touchpad, no CD Drive.

Look at the Samsung NC range. Something like this: http://elara.ie/products/detailsfull.asp?productcode=WCENPN130KA03UK

Captain Slow IRL

Thanks for that - I'd need something with a slightly bigger screen though, was hoping for around 14"

ED E

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

Thanks for that - I'd need something with a slightly bigger screen though, was hoping for around 14"

Thats a notebook AKA Laptop then. The two common sizes would be 13" and 15.4".

Actually, 15.6....


Its very basic, 2.2Ghz Celeron but if its for simple browsing thats fine. You could pay more and get a higher res screen but I dunno if thats gonna be worth your while because you'll be hitting around the 500 mark at least.

Captain Slow IRL

Thanks for all the replies, think I've a cheapo second hand one sorted!