Looking for laptop

[Ralph1Malph]

Hi all,
It has come to pass that just one :eek: computer in the house is not enough:mad:.
So, having the desk top working fantasmagorrically downstairs, with all the standard stuff, being the one used by the kids as well for games etc, I thought, maybe a laptop for upstairs.
It would be used only for internet browsing and chat, email etc. No graphics intensive stuff as thats what downstairs is for!
So when the kids are hogging downstairs, the wife or I can gently surf ;) or do assignments etc upstairs in the quiet.

Anyway, I am thinking second hand. Anyone any suggestions or ideas? Using a netgear wireless router so no probs there as only usb needed.
(Yes Inc, I am with Optus :o but hey no-ones perfect:p)

Where do u buy second hand IT gear? I have only bought new so not sure where to go or who to ring. Not keen on e-bay as I like to see what I am buying IT wise.

Regards
Ralph

[olbod]

Our local , Mr Laptop, has seven or eight reconditioned models, all under
$700. Probably a store near you that you could phone or try Harvey
Norman.
Cheers.

[Xavie]

Laptop.com.au Pty Ltd - Cheap laptops notebooks Australia for sale - New and used notebook - Buy online - Quality notebook computers (http://www.laptop.com.au) has some good laptops for a good price. Often having refurbished but also good cheap new ones.

Xav

[abaddonxi]

I've been looking around recently for a new laptop and it looks to me like Gray's Online (http://www.graysonline.com.au/) is the go. They have heaps of yesterday's model, still almost current, new with warranty, I reckoned I could get something I liked for around $500-600.

The cheapies at Officeworks, Dick Smith, etc. all seem to be Celeron processors.

At that kind of price it doesn't seem worthwhile to save the money on a second hand laptop with a hard drive that's a couple of years old, and no warranty.

Cheers
Simon

[StephenF10]

Have a look at the auctions. Three year old end-of-lease laptops such as Dells, HPs and Toshibas typically go for $300-$400. I've bought a few Dells for myself and family members and all are going well.

Stephen.

[discowhite]

what about brand new for 500bucks?
shopping square has the new asus 1000h for 499. its got all the gear, 80gb, camera bla bla, its small enough for the car too, 10'' screen, maybe to small for you??

ASUS EEEPC 1000HD INTEL DOTHAN BLACK - Windows XP - ShoppingSquare.COM.AU Online Bargain & Discount Shopping Square (http://www.shoppingsquare.com.au/p_5359_ASUS_EEEPC_1000HD_INTEL_DOTHAN_BLACK__Windo ws_XP)

ive got the smaller 901 and i flamin lorrrve it.

cheers phil

[discowhite]

small for oldies that is! my eyes are fine:twisted:

its not the size that counts you know:eek:

cheers phil

[discowhite]

I bet you have a wide screen TV tho :D:D

and i use it realllllly well!:cool:

cheers phil

[p38arover]

My wife wants a new Mac laptop so we'll be selling her "old" iBook G4 (I think) soon.

[Michael2]

For just over $1,000 you can get a 2nd hand Panasonic CF-18 Toughbook. Military spec titanium cover; gel mouted HDD; water / dust proof; touch screen, folds back on itself to form a tablet PC..... Makes an ideal travelling companion in a Land Rover. Down side is no CD drive, small key board (but you do have a touch screen).

[PhilipA]

I just bought a HP Presario 793CU from Dick Smith for nett $499 after $150 rebate. It is a new model . JB Hi Fi have them also.
Good basic computer for surfing etc. The only downside is that you really need ADSL2 as it will download program updates for hours when you first start it. I was on next g so it used my whole month allocation in one day.
Has Vista home basic, and only trials of virus and Office, so you have to buy em later.
Its great to have all new stuff at second hand price as in my experience old stuff can give up and a disc crash in the boonies is not funny. Neither is a power supply fault after using a Projecta 12v adaptor, which caused me to have to buy the thing when my 18month old NEC would not turn on reliably.
Regard sPhilip A

[abaddonxi]

New toy, new toy.:D

Just bought two of these-
http://www.cybershop.net.au/Notebooks/images/U400_001.gif

U400S00 (http://www.cybershop.net.au/Notebooks/U400S00.shtml)

One for Rilka for her birthday, and then a couple of days later it turns out I need a new laptop, too.

The above link is to a place in WA, Officeworks has them on special for a couple of hundred more, and if you bother then enough they'll better the price. My local place added the delivery cost from WA and took an extra 5% off.

The WA shop also has another Toshiba for the same price with 3 years warranty which also sounds like good deal. I just couldn't go at the 12" screen.

Cheers
Simon

[JohnF]

10in display is pretty small tho for general computing

:D

Since my old Toshiba Portege of 1998 vintage crashed, I would love to buy a new laptop but cannot afford one as I am a pensioner. But I have been looking at the new Dell with a 8.9 inch or something like that screen. The Dell has a spill resistant keyboard which is why I would consider this Dell.
If I could afford it I would buy one of the smaller Panasonic Toughbook Laptops, but they are way to expensive for me to even think about. If I could afford the Dell, which I can't, my idea was at home I would plug my slim LCD monitor into it [found this LCD monitor in a clean up day, and have used it for over a year--it works well except for a couple of days when it kept getting the shakes, but that shaking settled down] and use the built small 8.9 inch screen when out on the road. So I would not worry that the screen was too small for general computing. I would also use a plug in full size USB keyboard when at home. I do hitch-hike down to Sydney or Melbourne a couple of times a year, and am thinking of doing a Hitch-hike trip to Adelaide sometime in the future. I Hitch-hike with a large heavy backpack [full of papers that I wrote to distribute them to new areas, and these papers are heavy], and so I need a laptop that is very portable if possible that will not add a lot of weight to my backpack when I do one of these trips, and the 8.9 inch screen Dell is only around one kilo. If I get a heavier Laptop I would still do this, but would not be able to carry as many papers.
During the Pope's visit the government banned giving out papers at that time, so I hitched down to Sydney and gave out 3000 A3 size papers that I carried down to Sydney with me, papers of the type that government banned, because I believe in freedom of Speech.

[Mick-Kelly]

My wife wants a new Mac laptop so we'll be selling her "old" iBook G4 (I think) soon.

Ive got a MacBook Pro and i love it to bits. I even have it out in the shed when tinkering. It really helps to have a colour wiring diagram on screen sitting next to you. But seriously this is the best computer i have ever owned. It hasnt missed a beat, the three PC's in various states of diasembly under my desk didnt fair so well though.

[p38arover]

Well, my wife bought her new 13" Mac laptop yesterday so I guess we'll be selling the "old" Mac Powerbook G4 12" laptop real soon now.

Machine Name: PowerBook G4 12"
Machine Model: PowerBook6,4
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.1)
No. of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.32 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 256 MB
HDD 60Gb
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.8.3f1
Serial No. 4H41939788LPX

OS is OS X 10.4.11 (8S165)
Kernel Version: Darwin 8.11.0

Now to eVilBay to see how much it's worth.