Laptop price, any good ?
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Right, i've seen a laptop advertised on another forum, basically i know bog all about computers so is it an ok spec & price ?
I need it to run my Megajolt & a couple of other things, but nothing to fancy. So it it ok ?

"THE X31 HAS A CENTRINO CPU AND 256MB DDR RAM, 60 GIG HARD DRIVE, WITH WINDOWS XP HOME, THIS CONFIGURATION WILL RUN QUICKLY (EQUIVALENT TO P4 2. 8GHZ) THE MAIN FEATURE OF THE IBM X31 IS THAT IT'S A SUB-NOTEBOOK DESIGN. VERY GOOD CONDITION COMES WITH AN EXTERNAL CD/RW. windows xp home and coa sticker, and office pro 2003, internal wifi card, new battery a fantastic light wight, very small, think pad, you will be amazed. COST ME A FORTUNE
£220 posted"

WWW.TURBO-MINI.COM

Its not that bad mate for the price. 256 aint much ram for the price considering you can buy a new toshiba with gig ram for £330. Strangely enough IBM's seem to keep their price, the X models are nice and small but the cd drive is external which is a pain if you want to burn cds when out and about

Edited by webba on 17th Jul, 2008.

Check that it has got an RS232 port (serial), if you are going to use it for megajolt.

most of the new laptops don't seem to have them on anymore and you can have problems with the USB to RS232 converters.

Tim Rowe

"Is est totus perfectus per fumi quod speculum"

GTM Coupe Turbo

indeed,

usb covertors can be a right royal pain in the ring hole.

Edited by webba on 17th Jul, 2008.

sad but true,

some of the more expensive ones seem to have 232 ports, but normally your looking at about 1200 quid up.

without being too techy it is a shame, despite being slow as hell my todays standards (0.1MBs) it was hardware controlled, meaning very little ca n go wrong, unlike usb which uses software.

All the big cnc machines, lathes etc mainly still come with com ports. More reliable

Edited by webba on 18th Jul, 2008.

I just ordered a new Acer, 15.4" etc etc, a little over £300.

So far Im not impressed, and it hasnt even been posted !!!
Wont go into it here tho

But get a lappy with a PCMCIA slot, and throw a serial adaptor in there. They work great.

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A lot of the DELLs have serial ports, my work one definitely does but the security clamp down on it is so tight that I use it as little more than a glorified paper weight.

I got a Dell Easylite as my dedicated MJ laptop.

It's a P2 300mhz (with MMX!) with 90mb of ram! lol.

But it's got a serial port and I can get my greasy hands all over it without worry as it only cost me £100 6 years ago.

Perfect

In the 13's at last!.. Just

That is overpriced, Phil.

my new work laptop has a serial port, has to for comms.

its a panasonic toughbook. they're spot on!