Is this laptop extra crazy for its price or am i dum? (1 Viewer)

[Lord Ac]

From ebay ... and add around $350 for taxes and transporting it to my door ...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3716&item=6740542812&rd=1

Or this one? No taxes on this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3711&item=5161969536&rd=1


Ac

 

[Arvin Sloane]

It smells scamish to me:

"Intel Pentium 4 Centrino 3.06 GHZ"

Pentium 4 and Centrino are two different things. It's either one or the other, isn't it? I also couldn't find any mention of that model on Sony's Australian site.

 

[jm1234567890]

both aren't really worth it....

acctually mabye the HP one.

 

[Grizzly]

Their account may have been hijacked,

recently, i bid on a wireless print server that was a dutch auction, 10 available, starting price $50 (RRP 350), 8 ppl ended up winning - some paid the $50 immediately, (not me) but then, a few days later, the "real" seller emailed me saying his account was hacked.

 

[Casmira]

if you want too buy good cheap comptuer stuff you get it from overclockers australia, its not a good idea too sell their becaues they are real big tight asses and ahrd to rip off, but use that to your advantage, ive bought over $500 worth of stuff in comp parts, to this day it works fine, ive sold some stuff there too, its also not necessarily computer stuff (i sold dvds)

 

[jm1234567890]

Never buy anything off there cause it's all rubbish. Its only useful for selling stuff.

if everyone followed that logic no one would sell anything

 

[MedNez]

It smells scamish to me:

"Intel Pentium 4 Centrino 3.06 GHZ"

Pentium 4 and Centrino are two different things. It's either one or the other, isn't it? I also couldn't find any mention of that model on Sony's Australian site.

Yes, Centrino computers are not Pentium 4's - they are Pentium M's. The clock speed of the processor is also more like 1.5GHz, not 3.06.

 

[Lord Ac]

The seller replied with:

"This is pentium 4 not centrino. Sorry, our typing mistake.
The unit is imported from USA and is still not available to the Australian
sony dealers hence not on their site. "

Good eyes Arvin.

Ac

 

[Arvin Sloane]

The seller replied with:

"This is pentium 4 not centrino. Sorry, our typing mistake.
The unit is imported from USA and is still not available to the Australian
sony dealers hence not on their site. "

Good eyes Arvin.

Thank you.

I personally have a great distrust for eBay, but it can be useful. At the very least pay by credit card; that way if things go wrong you can cancel it the order, and be liable for only the first $50 (or so – check with you’re card provider/bank).

I also would caution against getting a Pentium 4 in a laptop; if you are going to be using the machine portably the p4 processor will eat through your batteries and generate a fair amount heat, it also looks like a pretty heavy machine as well. If you do wish to use it, with portability in mind, get a laptop with a Centrino processor, or wait any get something that had Intel’s new Sonoma technology, which as I understand it is an upgrade to Centrino.

But if you are not getting it's for portability reasons (other then occasional relocations & mostly plugged into power points) then it seems like an alright machine.

I haven’t had any experience with Viao's so I can not comment on their specific platform advantages.

Eitherway, let us know what you decide.

 

[Lord Ac]

Thanks for that Arvin. Im sure I will be getting a Centrino, from research. But like i said, this thing looked very crazy. I wont be buying a laptop for at least 6 months because i have to wait for the expansion of my house to finish, thus shifting my computer to my new brothers room leaving me with ... a spanking new laptop.

I would thus using it as a replacement for my desktop as well as lugging it off to uni most days AND playing games with it. So, I have to trade off between the higher specs and weight ... and want a LONG battery as well ...

You mentioned "Intel’s new Sonoma technology" and a wait. 6 months is a wait, no?

Ac

 

[jumb]

Dumb has a b in it, so yes, you are 'dum'.

 

[Lord Ac]

Dumb has a b in it, so yes, you are 'dum'.

Thank you for that Jumb

Ac

 

[Arvin Sloane]

You mentioned "Intel’s new Sonoma technology" and a wait. 6 months is a wait, no?

I think that might qualify as a wait, yes.