| Rating: | ★★ |
| Category: | Computers & Electronics |
| Product Type: | Computers |
| Manufacturer: | DELL |
I bought this laptop about two years ago with some discount program. I didn't choose Centrino unit at that time because I thought I need a more powerful mobile machine to work with some multimedia programming and applications, and able to connect a video capture utility and do some video editing and creation for my family. It comes with P4-3.06 MHz, 512 MB SDRAM, 40 GB HD, CD-RW/DVD-ROM, and other common laptop peripherals. On top of that, I upgraded the OS to XP professional and had Office XP professional installed in it. It doesn't come with a wireless built-in card, so I bought an inexpensive wireless card for it. Overall, I found the laptop powerful and useful for most of my works at home... but...
It is REALLY heavy for a laptop! I think it's probably more than 8 lbs! That's why I call it the "Dinosaur"! When I went for vacation last time to Indonesia, I had to bring this dinosaur in my backpack! I believe I lost few pounds just carrying this laptop (along with my other laptop from the office) on my back! :-)
My wife, especially, hates this dinosaur. She needs a laptop to work mobile in her car while waiting for my son Fatih attending his abacus class. She doesn't like the fact that this laptop does not have the most important feature that any laptop should have: LESS WEIGHT. With three kids to take care of, she does not need another burden in her hands while carrying this dinosaur to the car... So the dinosaur stays home most of the time, moved only from room to room as needed. But, just recently I found the AC adapter unit is not recharging the dinosaur's battery. The same problem happened just not long ago to my friend's laptop at the office. He purchased the same identical laptop at the same time with me. After searching for the fix on the internet, he found out that the cost of fixing the problem is almost the same as the current price of a new laptop, like one of the Toshibas after rebates... Sigh...
Now the dinosaur is sitting still on my desk with its cover closed, lifeless, powerless. My wife keeps telling me to sell it on ebay, or some local ad sites, but I am always reluctant to do it. Somehow, I still have the feeling I can revive my dinosaur someday.... Yes, someday. :-)
If I looked on the specs, it is pretty good laptop or "Dinosaur". I hope it is not T-Rex. Well, I can call it portable desktop, not laptop. How much do you want to sell? Just curious.
ReplyDeleteI bought it last time around $1500...I am not sure how much I want to sell it wondering if anyone really wants to buy a powerless laptop (not to mention the dinosaur type of laptop...). This is why I am so reluctant to sell it... I probably need to spend some time to investigate the rootcause of the problem, whether it is the AC adapter (which is most probably not since it still has its light on), the battery itself, the port in which the AC adapter connector is inserted, or maybe a part of the motherboard where the battery power is connected (the worst scenario as my friend concluded based on his own investigation and research)...
ReplyDeleteI just bought a new laptop... Toshiba M45S311 to be exact. The old one, Compaq Presario, got busted. The Presario was one of the cheapest laptop 2 years ago, and behaved as one. After one year the battery was gone. Six month later Adam sat on it.... the monitor blinked too many times. Believe me or not, it went back to normal after I gave a massage to it. Finally 2 weeks ago the laptop got wet because of a sudden rain. Luckily all of the data can be saved.... Actually I was interested on Dell.... With an instant rebate, a $1900 can be bought for only $1150. It has a huge monitor... 17 inches. Alas, they need 2 weeks to ship it. Don't have time to wait, off we go Circuit City.... Got the Toshiba with $240 rebate.... Another discount to buy the display unit. Couldn't pass the opportunity to save more....
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