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  1. 11th February 2007, 08:40 PM #1
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    Smile After a cheap laptop

    Hey All

    Well my laptop gave up the ghost on a recent trip of Tassie (half way through!) and I am now looking for another.

    I am after something with enough oomph to run Oziexplore nicely and with a HD big enough for storing videos and piccies. A DVD R/W would be nice too!

    Anyone in Melbourne have one they want to unload really cheaply (under $500) or know where I can get a good deal?!

    Cheers

    Angus
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  2. 11th February 2007, 08:57 PM #2
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    Hang in, save a couple more dollars, and hit Harvey Norman or Radio Rentals?, when they have a special on. A mate just picked up a Centrino powered machine with wireless network, USB, 15.4 inch LCD screen, 80 Gb HDD, etc, for just on a grand. I picked up an Acer AMD 2800, last year $998 on special, great machine.
    Second hand laptop? Sorry mate, good luck.

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  3. 16th February 2007, 12:22 PM #3
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    Target do an ICOm one for about $800 which looked allright. You'd want to allow another $150 or so for more memory though I reckon
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  4. 16th February 2007, 12:25 PM #4
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    heaps of really cheap ones around in woolies and target.... andd wow have a nice cheapy
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    I once overheard a truckie and a truck salesman:-
    Truckie- "I'm looking for a good cheap bogie drive prime mover".
    Salesman- "The good ones are up the front, and the cheap ones are out the back".
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  6. 16th February 2007, 01:38 PM #6
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    I like it!
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  7. 16th February 2007, 01:40 PM #7
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    My Toshiba from Dick Smith was $780 new a month ago - 1.6Ghz, 512mb RAM, inbuilt wireless network, 40gb hard drive, CD burner.DVD player, widescreen - for what it is, a great buy. Why risk second hand at that price.

    Runs Oziexplorer great - apparently the HDD is shock mounted in the case.

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  8. 16th February 2007, 02:34 PM #8
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    There is always the resellers. This one is on ebay for $450.

    http://cgi.ebay.com.au/IBM-T30-P4m-1...QQcmdZViewItem

    We have just replaced our IBM T30s, the resellers are asking $539 with mouse and basic operating software.
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  9. 17th February 2007, 09:45 PM #9
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    Just be aware that P4m are battery hungry. You really want a
    Centrino or Pentium M (the same)
    http://cgi.ebay.com.au/DELL-LATITUDE...QQcmdZViewItem

    I bought an IBM R40 1.4 Pentium M and that's a nice unit. Officeworks has sometimes $750 ones but you really want 512 MB RAM.

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  10. 18th February 2007, 07:24 AM #10
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    Thanks eveyrone for your advice. I makes sense to go new but at the same time I want something Im not worries about dinging offroad.

    I will keep on the hunt...

    Angus
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