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biggins

biggins

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i have an opportunity to buy one of these from a friend for about 250 bucks. the thing is in mint condition. should i buy it? what have some of the issues been with these laptops? i am basically using it for digital photos and internet. good deal?
 
biggins

biggins

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10 gig. 800 megahertz, 128 sdram, cd-rom/dvd 8x, 2 usb, pcmcia slots, built in speakers, also comes with external cd burner. she is asking 350. it is mint condition as well.
 
Ridemonkey

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Yeah I'd say thats a good deal. I had a 700 MHZ Sony for a while and it did the job. If you could put somre more RAM in there it would improve the performance a fair amount.
 
MTB_Rob_NC

MTB_Rob_NC

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If you are JUST storing the pictures that should be fine. 128mg is a little weak if you are going to be doing anything to the pictures or surfing the web much. You can usually purchase RAM for ~ $0.25-0.30 per mg. The more common upgrades are 128/256/512. However you would be looking at at least another $75-100 to make that sucker tolerable on the web.

I am not a huge fan of Compaq, but they are not horrible or anything.
 
biggins

biggins

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Mtb_Rob_FL said:
If you are JUST storing the pictures that should be fine. 128mg is a little weak if you are going to be doing anything to the pictures or surfing the web much. You can usually purchase RAM for ~ $0.25-0.30 per mg. The more common upgrades are 128/256/512. However you would be looking at at least another $75-100 to make that sucker tolerable on the web.

I am not a huge fan of Compaq, but they are not horrible or anything.
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yeah but still it'll be able to do what i need it for. right?
 
D_D

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The ram is usually easy to get at. It's proberly just a matter of undoing a screw and removing a plate.
As for the price, it depends how much you want and what it has at the moment.
Check crucial for a general idea on price, you will be able to get it a bit cheaper if you shop around.
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr+Productline=Compaq+Presario+Notebooks.&mfr=Compaq&cat=RAM&model=Presario+1200US.&submit=Go

It sounds like you don't really need a laptop at all, desktops are a lot cheaper.
 
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