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larrabee213
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April 6th, 2004 01:00
DELL 1100 Or IBM T22 Refurb?
I am looking for a laptop for college and I can not spend over $800 right now. I am looking at getting either the
DELL i1100
Celuron 2.4
14.1 inch
256MB 2 sticks I will upgrade later
30GB Hard Drive
CD-RW/DVD
1 year warrenty/1 year at home
699 after 250 rebate! and free shiping. or a
Thinkpad T22:
# Display: 14.1-inch TFT
# Processor: 900MHz Pentium III
# System memory: 128MB
# Hard drive: 20GB
# Optical drive: 8x DVD
# Network: 56K/NIC Intel combo card
# External ports: one serial, one parallel, one USB, one S-Video, one PS/2, one VGA
# Operating system: Windows 2000
for $699
i would be using it for internet, AIM, word, powerpoint, excel, basic computting, no gaming (only halflife/counterstrike), music MP3, burning cd's, watching movies.
thanks
kevin
DELL i1100
Celuron 2.4
14.1 inch
256MB 2 sticks I will upgrade later
30GB Hard Drive
CD-RW/DVD
1 year warrenty/1 year at home
699 after 250 rebate! and free shiping. or a
Thinkpad T22:
# Display: 14.1-inch TFT
# Processor: 900MHz Pentium III
# System memory: 128MB
# Hard drive: 20GB
# Optical drive: 8x DVD
# Network: 56K/NIC Intel combo card
# External ports: one serial, one parallel, one USB, one S-Video, one PS/2, one VGA
# Operating system: Windows 2000
for $699
i would be using it for internet, AIM, word, powerpoint, excel, basic computting, no gaming (only halflife/counterstrike), music MP3, burning cd's, watching movies.
thanks
kevin
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Posted April 6th, 2004 01:00
weight and size is a partial issue and I would upgrade the RAM to at least 512 on the IBM. I just know that IBM is great quality, fast and reliable. If I got the inspiron I would probally upgrade the CPU this summer and the RAM.
kevin731
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Posted April 6th, 2004 01:00
Larrabee213
Well, given the apps you want to run, both machines will handle them with ease. So the differences come down to the other things you want.
IBM: no CD burner, only 128 Ram, one USB(1.1?) and a 20GB HDD, 90 day warranty(?)
Dell: CD burner combo, 128 more ram, 2 USB 2.0, 10GB more HDD, newer machine, min 1 yr warranty.
I know what it's like being on a budget, but buying the newer product at the same price as the refurb is another plus for the 1100. I just checked the refurb 1100 at Outlet and nothing is even close to $699. Cheapest with same specs is $943 with a 1300 Trumobile card.
Go for new, see what you can afford in a year or too. Things change fast.
Keep in mind Dell is liquidating the 1100 model in favour of the 1150. They will still support it but since they're making such a good offer...... why not? Was the T22 on affordablecomputers.com?
Good luck
Ripper
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Posted April 6th, 2004 02:00
I just dont think I need the power of the 1100, I would purchase a cd-rw/dvd drive for the IBM for about $125. The mobility and the weight is one of my buying points and I know that dell doesn't have the best products and I am not going to play $300 for a 3 year warrenty. So do you think the ibm is a good choice?
thanks
kevin731
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Posted April 6th, 2004 02:00
The IBM on both www.jr.com and www.overstock.com
I am concidering the IBM only because it is only 5 lbs, compact, great quality and basically new. The dell deal is on the home site under advertised specials, it is $950 with a $250 mail in rebate. What do you think I should do?
thanks,
kevin731
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Posted April 6th, 2004 04:00
I had an IBM Celly about 4 years ago. Can't remember the model, but yes it was light and portable. One issue I had was that after 2-3 hours of running apps (non-gaming), it would shut down b/c of the heat. Also since it is a refurb, you may want to consider how much life is left in the battery given you may want to take it to classes. Sleep on it. Do you have to buy right now?731
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Posted April 6th, 2004 13:00
I am going to buy in the next week most likely, since I am selling my desktop but I could use my parents computer and wait longer. Do you think it is worth $619 for that IBM thinkpad and get that instead of the 1100 as I stated before?
Celuron 2.4
14.1 inch
256MB 2 sticks I will upgrade later
30GB Hard Drive
CD-RW/DVD
1 year warrenty/1 year at home
I think I might just go with the DELL ,i guess I could deal with the weight, and I could upgrade the Proccesor to P4 later and upgrade the memory.
kevin731
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Posted April 7th, 2004 01:00
FWIW: The Thinkpad looks pretty old...DVD player only? Small hard drive, insufficient RAM and although the Dell is only a Celeron; it's got more than double the processing power of the IBM. I'm sure the Dell also has a better video card.731
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Posted April 7th, 2004 05:00
Hey Randy
I went to my local goody store tonight (tigerdirect.ca) located in Toronto and saw that they had, err, several T22's for sale at $969 CDN. Must be an off-lease dump. The vid card is an S3 Savage 8MB. (Pong anyone?)
edit: btw, bought a new Canon BJC50 printer for my lappy bag. Only $109CDN. Love goin ta git da goodies.
Message Edited by Ripper108 on 04-07-2004 03:01 AM
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Posted April 7th, 2004 11:00
They should pay you to take one of them off their hands!
@Ripper108 wrote:
Hey Randy
I went to my local goody store tonight (tigerdirect.ca) located in Toronto and saw that they had, err, several T22's for sale at $969 CDN. Must be an off-lease dump. The vid card is an S3 Savage 8MB. (Pong anyone?)
edit: btw, bought a new Canon BJC50 printer for my lappy bag. Only $109CDN. Love goin ta git da goodies.
Message Edited by Ripper108 on 04-07-2004 03:01 AM
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Posted April 6th, 2004 01:00
If size and weight is all that matters to you, then go for the Thinkpad. If you want a little more power for everyday tasks, then get the Inspiron. The 128mb of RAM in the T22 is a bit of a downfall since multi-tasking is a big part of school. You will begin to regret not having at least 256mb.
I'll be honest with you (my bias aside being an i1100 owner myself), the 1100 has been labelled as the best budget notebook available. It is rather "heavy," but I personally don't think that 8 lbs. is all that hard to carry around. I love everything about my 1100.