Is this a good deal?

[Living Near Shamu]

Originally Posted by kpkelley

Is the video decoding done on board or by an add-on? If by an add-on you should list what card it is.

Also what tv tuner is it?

Do you have the full cpu specifiactions? T7200 or T7300, etc.

Uhm, I'm not selling this, I'm trying to buy it. But if I get the info I will post it here so you can tell me if this is good or not, lol

[kpkelley]

Originally Posted by Living Near Shamu

Uhm, I'm not selling this, I'm trying to buy it. But if I get the info I will post it here so you can tell me if this is good or not, lol

Assuming your a HD afficionado these are important questions. The tuner may not be for OTA hd broadcasts. Vista is extremely graphics intensive, so it would be best to offload the video from the cpu to a good graphics card. Not all cpu's are created equal.

Toshiba tends to make sturdy laptops at a relatively cheap price. If all things were equal I would go with them over a similar Sony.

[OokieSpookie]

Looks word for word like a scam I saw on Craigslist

[181]

Originally Posted by OokieSpookie

Looks word for word like a scam I saw on Craigslist

I agree. Especially this part:

It's just like brand new, because I like to take good care of my things. I would like to sell it to someone who likes to take good care of things as I do.

Why would he give a sh*t or bother to mention that? He wants to sound like a respectable person to gain your trust.

[w_tanoto]

I hate to say it, but the processor is a bit low. Get 2.2GHz

This was one of the laptop I wanted, but it's so out of date. Looking at the price, though, it's a good deal

[Jim L]

Originally Posted by w_tanoto

I hate to say it, but the processor is a bit low. Get 2.2GHz

This was one of the laptop I wanted, but it's so out of date. Looking at the price, though, it's a good deal

I have a VAIO and I like it, except for Windows!

This machine looks good. I don't necessarily think that the CPU speed is that low.

The biggest bottleneck is memory and the hard-drive. You'll definitely want to bump the memory up to 1 GB.

A 200 GB HD is good, but if the drive speed is 5400 (or 4800 rpms ) you will be very frustrated with it. Most laptop drives are the slower speed. I upgraded mine to a Hitachi 7200 rpm and it is much better. It will cut your battery life a little, but that is not a problem.

[OokieSpookie]

Originally Posted by 181

I agree. Especially this part:

Why would he give a sh*t or bother to mention that? He wants to sound like a respectable person to gain your trust.

To the OP, they are in the UK aren't they?
They will ask you to use some odd company to do the payment and shipping if it is the same scam.

[Elandyll]

The price seems way too low for this kind of laptop.
My general rule is, If something looks too good to be true, it generally is.

Even second hand, this kind of laptop would easily be at $1000+ imho.
Unless stolen, or worse.

[Living Near Shamu]

Originally Posted by OokieSpookie

To the OP, they are in the UK aren't they?
They will ask you to use some odd company to do the payment and shipping if it is the same scam.

Funny you mention a scam involving craigslist, this is a local listing there and it even gives a picture of the laptop. I thought it was too good to be true as well but figured that since the seller was local (unless they responded by saying they would ship it instead) I would be safe.

[OokieSpookie]

Originally Posted by Living Near Shamu

Funny you mention a scam involving craigslist, this is a local listing there and it even gives a picture of the laptop. I thought it was too good to be true as well but figured that since the seller was local (unless they responded by saying they would ship it instead) I would be safe.

Respond to them, ask them how they would want payment and ask something about the laptop like "does it have hdmi out" or "how many usb ports does it have".
A legit poster will go back and forth with you.
The one i ran across was local, until I contacted them and then they said "oh i moved to england but ..."
I then googled lines from the ad and it seems it pops up all over in different areas with the same gimmick.