Laptop gateway 3500.....need input!!

out_at_sea · Mar 15, 2004

What do you think of a laptop gateway5300...64M and 5GB hard....I talked with someone who does computer repairs....He has one for sale ...he did replace the hard...

He wants $450 and with a DVD he is asking $550...

What do you think?

solidg · Mar 15, 2004

Buy Dell

digger · Mar 15, 2004

I spent $360 early this month and got a Toshiba 8100 with 700MHz PIII, 128MB RAM, 12GB disk, XP Pro and WinDVD preinstalled, and a removable/internal DVD-ROM. Bought a replacement battery for another $36 on Ebay because the one that came with it was crap, so that's $420 for twice the notebook you're describing.

Your 'friend' is bending you over and buttering your bunghole.

Code · Mar 15, 2004

Do NOT get a gateway.

Dell is the way to go if you're dead-set on a PC.

out_at_sea · Mar 15, 2004

I am just testing the market.....I need a good laptop as I tend to travel a lot...mostly to Europe...

Any on line stores where I can get a good deal? I dont wanna spend more than $600...

I was checking out DELL on line....Why do they want SS # ????

out_at_sea · Mar 15, 2004

digger said:
I spent $360 early this month and got a Toshiba 8100 with 700MHz PIII, 128MB RAM, 12GB disk, XP Pro and WinDVD preinstalled, and a removable/internal DVD-ROM. Bought a replacement battery for another $36 on Ebay because the one that came with it was crap, so that's $420 for twice the notebook you're describing.

Your 'friend' is bending you over and buttering your bunghole.

WHere did you get it from?

out_at_sea · Mar 15, 2004

Bump.......

karma for best bargain!! I could settle for a good used one too.

Y_lifter · Mar 15, 2004

Gateway BLOWS...

digger · Mar 15, 2004

out_at_sea said:
WHere did you get it from?

There's a "Computer Show" that wanders around various county fairgrounds and hotels in the NY/CT/NJ area. Every mom-and-pop computer store in forty miles buys a table and pushes tin for the day. Cases, motherboards, parts, "gray" software ("To be sold with a complete system only"). Fun if you're into that sort of thing. Good way to get taken if you don't know what's what.

There's actually more than one outfit organizing the shows. MarketPro, Tri-State Fairs, some other outfit. Tri-State has been getting pretty sucky lately but I figure I'll give 'em one more try. It's a question of luck as to what you find there any way.

out_at_sea · Mar 15, 2004

I wont spend more than $600 on a good laptop.....thus, I need a good tip as to how and where to get a laptop!

almost-pro · Mar 15, 2004

that is expensive for a laptop with 64ram and 5gb hd. u can get a much better deal elsewhere.

Mr. dB · Mar 15, 2004

out_at_sea said:
I wont spend more than $600 on a good laptop.....thus, I need a good tip as to how and where to get a laptop!

Some of the manufacturers like IBM and Dell sell lease returns and refurbs, check their web sites for online sales.

$600 should get you into something with a PIII/800, 128M RAM, and a 20G HDD with a 14" screen, which is still a pretty useable machine.

out_at_sea · Mar 15, 2004

Mr. dB said:
Some of the manufacturers like IBM and Dell sell lease returns and refurbs, check their web sites for online sales.

$600 should get you into something with a PIII/800, 128M RAM, and a 20G HDD with a 14" screen, which is still a pretty useable machine.

Is IBM as good as DELL?

I looked at DELL website and I dont like that they are asking for your SS# when you place your order....

Mr. dB · Mar 15, 2004

out_at_sea said:
Is IBM as good as DELL?

I looked at DELL website and I dont like that they are asking for your SS# when you place your order....

Well, personally, I PREFER IBM Thinkpads to Dell laptops, but that's just one man's opinion. I've got a three-year-old Thinkpad A21m that is still standing up to my abuse and it kicks ass. You stand a greater likelihood of reaching a native speaker of English when you call IBM support, too, compared with Dell who outsources their telephone support to India.

I haven't looked at refurb prices in a long time, but the A21, A22, and T21 series Thinkpads should be in your price range by now. Those will be PIII systems somewhere between 700MHz and 1GHz.

out_at_sea · Mar 15, 2004

Mr. dB said:
Well, personally, I PREFER IBM Thinkpads to Dell laptops, but that's just one man's opinion. I've got a three-year-old Thinkpad A21m that is still standing up to my abuse and it kicks ass. You stand a greater likelihood of reaching a native speaker of English when you call IBM support, too, compared with Dell who outsources their telephone support to India.

I haven't looked at refurb prices in a long time, but the A21, A22, and T21 series Thinkpads should be in your price range by now. Those will be PIII systems somewhere between 700MHz and 1GHz.

http://www.laptopkings.com/htm/ibm/t20.html

Look what I found..IBM ThinkPad T20 i-series with $600....What do you think?

http://www.laptopkings.com/main.html

Is Toshiba better than IBM?

mylife · Mar 15, 2004

i'm selling the laptop i'm currently on.

toshiba satellite
1.5 ghz mobile celeron
18.6(?) gig HD
dvd player
ethernet connection
battery

out_at_sea · Mar 15, 2004

http://www.laptopcloseout.com/usa/used_laptops_refurbished_notebooks.html

What would be the best buy?

Mr. dB · Mar 15, 2004

out_at_sea said:
http://www.laptopcloseout.com/usa/used_laptops_refurbished_notebooks.html

What would be the best buy?

This looks decent:

http://www.laptopcloseout.com/usa/used_laptops_refurbished_notebooks.html

Mr. dB · Mar 15, 2004

http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/s...1&catalogId=-840&langId=-1&categoryId=2576396

out_at_sea · Mar 15, 2004

Mr. dB said:
This looks decent:

http://www.laptopcloseout.com/usa/used_laptops_refurbished_notebooks.html

Which one?

out_at_sea · Mar 15, 2004

Mr. dB said:
http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/s...1&catalogId=-840&langId=-1&categoryId=2576396

Is that a new one?

Mr. dB · Mar 16, 2004

out_at_sea said:
Is that a new one?

IBM Certified Used Equipment

Mr. dB · Mar 16, 2004

out_at_sea said:
Which one?

The T21

out_at_sea · Mar 16, 2004

Mr. dB said:
The T21

Isnt this a sweet deal?
$609 for a T 21...

http://shopping.yahoo.com/p_ibm-thinkpad-t21-26478_notebooks_1990431129

http://www.fotoconnection.com/viewitem.php?IndexID=5549&RefTag=yahoo

Mr. dB · Mar 16, 2004

out_at_sea said:
Isnt this a sweet deal?
$609 for a T 21...

http://shopping.yahoo.com/p_ibm-thinkpad-t21-26478_notebooks_1990431129

yeah

out_at_sea · Mar 16, 2004

Mr. dB said:
yeah

I wonder how reliable could those refurbished laptops be??

Mr. dB · Mar 16, 2004

out_at_sea said:
I wonder how reliable could those refurbished laptops be??

I dunno. I don't know anyone who's ever bought one. I think most of those are lease returns. I wonder what refurbishing involves? I'm pretty sure they get new batteries, the rest of it is probably just a good cleaning, and they wipe the hard disk and re-install windows and the laptop-specific drivers and utilities.

mylife · Mar 16, 2004

$500 takes the laptop i mentioned earlier, i'm upgrading.

Y_lifter · Mar 16, 2004

IMO.. Order of laptop quality to cost

Toshiba
Dell
IBM

Yes, Refurished get a batt check and if its not too old and ok some keep the old one some get a new one. The HDD is fragged and chkdisked and bad sectors marked.
The main Issue IMO with refurb is the display as they are usually not swapped unless that was the problem originally and that is the main component outside of the batt that has issues on laptops..

IBM does a better job of refurnishing than Dell or Toshiba for some reason..

Mr. dB · Mar 16, 2004

mylife said:
$500 takes the laptop i mentioned earlier, i'm upgrading.

O_A_S, you might want to jump on this, it's a much newer, faster system than any of the other ones you've looked at in that price range.

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