Q: just listed this on ebay: $425 starting bid or $500 buy it now (free shipping) ... is this ok? what is it worth?? Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop NEVER BEEN DROPPED. never had a virus, ran self test- everything OK The hardrive has been cleaned off, everything reinstalled so you start off new! This laptop was never on the go, it was kept on my desk and used to write papers/listen to music/web Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop Windows XP Professional Intel Pentium 4 2.40 GHz Level 2 Cache: 512 KB System memory: 256 MB Video controller: intel 845GL UMA video memory: 1 MB Panel type: 14" XGA Audio controller: Sigmatel 9750 Modem controller: broadcom polaris primary hard drive: 30 GB modular bay: dvd-rom Perfect condition, BUT it does need the keyboard to be replaced which will be about $30-$45 comes with all original CDs & original charger purchased new from dell a little over 3yrs ago for $1100
A: I gotta agree with the post above me, for a few dollars more, what you get in comparison to that will be a screaming machine Don't be confused by the "higher ghz" in the CPU, the new ones are a different architecture and do a whole lot more work on each cycle, that one is a P4(single core)...way, way slower than today's dual core CPU's, the "standard dual core 1.86 ghz in that Dell I got linked to below run circles around it!! that only has 256mb of ram, the norm today is 2-3 gb or 8-12 times as much That has a 30 gb hard drive, today 160-250 gb No CD burner in it, included in new ones No wireless or WiFi in it, included in new ones needs a new keyboard, thats gonna make the "new" one cheaper.....end of story, $30-$40 ? good luck with that, and what if it is the controller (chip) on the motherboard? a motherboard is easily a couple or few hundred dollars "if" it is still available for that. see the new ones below from dell they have all the stuff above I mentioned, a "new battery" too...those are $100 or more sometimes http://www.dealcatcher.com/dell-home-coupons Dell frequently has stuff only advertised elsewhere, this is one of them, Change the color to black and it's only $574 loaded with all that stuff above I mentioned http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?cs=19&kc=6VAFF&oc=DNDOPD4&x=0&y=0&dgc=CJ&cid=24471&lid=774965 It's the same one they are selling for $699 here http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspnnb_1525?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs People like the guy selling it don't realize how fast the prices drop on that stuff, or he's waiting for a sucker. EDIT I bumped into this too, in my travels today, it's loaded pretty good too http://officemax.shoplocal.com/officemax/Default.aspx?action=browsepagedetail&storeid=2419824&rapid=563177&pagenumber=1&listingid=-2091335928