It's been a while since I bought any products off eBay manufactured by Dell. I've been buying second hand HP and Toshiba units for uni which are pretty decent but today I saw one that I just couldn't resist.
I paid $117 for a Dell Latitude XT1. Core 2 Duo U7700, 1GB RAM, 40GB HDD and 12.1" LED screen. It in near new condition and it even comes with a carry case and charger! Compare $117 to my $90 incomplete HP TC4200 that I got last year. I ended up putting nearly $150 on top of the $90 to make the TC4200 functional!
This isn't a regular laptop, but a tablet PC with a capacitive screen which you can use your fingers to select things unlike my HP TC4200 which needs a special wacom type pen.
These go for near the $350 mark as a buy-it-now item, I scored it for $117. Only differences to the $350 buy-it-now units is that I only have 1GB RAM and a 40GB HDD compared to 2-3GB RAM and a larger HDD. The 1GB RAM is the soldered RAM that's attached to the board, there is a SODIMM slot under the laptop to add another 2GB RAM. the 40GB HDD is a 1.8" ZIF drive but as I am using this for word processing and viewing power point presentations at university, 40GB is plenty.
The same seller had another unit identical but with 3GB RAM and an 80GB HDD, but a 1.2GHz CPU for $123 when the auction ended... I wanted the 1.33 so I waited for another few minutes for this one and won it for $117. I know $5 can't get me an 80GB HDD or another 2GB of RAM, but the CPU is soldered in so I can't just change the 1.2 to a 1.33 so I had to get the 1.33 with less memory and space.
I already have memory so that will be nil in costs. As mentioned, the 40GB is plenty for me. If I'm really willing, I may *probably wont happen* opt for an SSD.
Anyway, I'm interested in WWAN 3G internet. The Latitude XT has this option for a mini PCIe WWAN card and an external whip antenna. I can't locate the whip antenna though... help?
I paid $117 for a Dell Latitude XT1. Core 2 Duo U7700, 1GB RAM, 40GB HDD and 12.1" LED screen. It in near new condition and it even comes with a carry case and charger! Compare $117 to my $90 incomplete HP TC4200 that I got last year. I ended up putting nearly $150 on top of the $90 to make the TC4200 functional!
This isn't a regular laptop, but a tablet PC with a capacitive screen which you can use your fingers to select things unlike my HP TC4200 which needs a special wacom type pen.
These go for near the $350 mark as a buy-it-now item, I scored it for $117. Only differences to the $350 buy-it-now units is that I only have 1GB RAM and a 40GB HDD compared to 2-3GB RAM and a larger HDD. The 1GB RAM is the soldered RAM that's attached to the board, there is a SODIMM slot under the laptop to add another 2GB RAM. the 40GB HDD is a 1.8" ZIF drive but as I am using this for word processing and viewing power point presentations at university, 40GB is plenty.
The same seller had another unit identical but with 3GB RAM and an 80GB HDD, but a 1.2GHz CPU for $123 when the auction ended... I wanted the 1.33 so I waited for another few minutes for this one and won it for $117. I know $5 can't get me an 80GB HDD or another 2GB of RAM, but the CPU is soldered in so I can't just change the 1.2 to a 1.33 so I had to get the 1.33 with less memory and space.
I already have memory so that will be nil in costs. As mentioned, the 40GB is plenty for me. If I'm really willing, I may *probably wont happen* opt for an SSD.
Anyway, I'm interested in WWAN 3G internet. The Latitude XT has this option for a mini PCIe WWAN card and an external whip antenna. I can't locate the whip antenna though... help?
Seriously, The most populated city in the coundry and Vodafail can't even have proper coverage there?!
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