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  • Paddy
    Super MURCer
    • Mar 2000
    • 6067
    #1

    Cheap Laptop???

    I have been offered a HP OmniBoox Xe4500 for £650.

    I dont know much about laptops, but is this a good deal???
    What do you think of the model?

    I wasn't considering purchasing one just yet, but if the price is right.... The laptop is an ex business model from my sisters company.

    I will be using it for areas that my PDA are is not suitable for such as typing/editing large documents when not at home.
    Watching the odd DVD or DivX movies, protable MP3 storage for in the car etc...
    It seems to have a modem/NIC/firewire inbuilt..

    I would like to be able to play some games, perhaps not UT2003 but more like comand and conquer 2.

    How upgradable are laptops these days? Am i limited to changing only the HD and RAM?
    Oh, and the battery life is 3.5hours????? is that normal?

    Perhaps i should wait and buy something more suitable....
    The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England
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    • bsdgeek
      Super MURCer
      • Feb 2002
      • 1543
      #2
      Looks like a really good deal to me.

      DVD/DivX/MP3/Gaming all good. By googling I found it has a mobility radeon (M6 32M) you could probably get away with a little UT2k3.

      You are pretty much limited to HD and RAM upgrades, yes.

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        • Paddy
          Super MURCer
          • Mar 2000
          • 6067
          #3
          Quite an ugly laptop though...
          The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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            • ayoub_ibrahim
              Super MURCer
              • Dec 1999
              • 2445
              #4
              Originally posted by Paddy
              Quite an ugly laptop though...
              just keep your eyes on the screen then!

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                • Paddy
                  Super MURCer
                  • Mar 2000
                  • 6067
                  #5
                  Cheers!
                  The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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                    • Wulfman
                      Super MURCer
                      • Oct 2000
                      • 1662
                      #6
                      the 3.5 hours do not sound that realistic.

                      mfg
                      wulfman
                      "Perhaps they communicate by changing colour? Like those sea creatures .."
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                        • dave m
                          MURCer
                          • Sep 1999
                          • 334
                          #7
                          3.5 hours, that sounds good, or were you being disbelieving?

                          Dave
                          Don't make me angry...

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                            • Paddy
                              Super MURCer
                              • Mar 2000
                              • 6067
                              #8
                              I am not sure.... I would like to be able to watch a whole DVD without the laptop dying.

                              Can you buy laptop HDs still?
                              The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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                                • Gurm
                                  MS Fanboy
                                  • Aug 1999
                                  • 11460
                                  #9
                                  Of course you can buy laptop HD's. In all different sizes and speeds.

                                  As for 3.5 hours - I'll believe it when I see it. Odds on you'll get through a SINGLE DVD. That's about standard. Not Lord of the Rings, either - more like 2 hours with the DVD drive, audio, and video all cranking.

                                  But you can get extended life batteries, and often you can either hotswap or slap the other battery in the floppy bay or something.

                                  - Gurm
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                                    • Wulfman
                                      Super MURCer
                                      • Oct 2000
                                      • 1662
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by dave m
                                      3.5 hours, that sounds good, or were you being disbelieving?

                                      Dave
                                      I'm (like gurm) disbelieving. 3.5 hours were until some time ago a great archiement... and those mobile p4s are for sure no energy-savers.

                                      mfg
                                      wulfman
                                      "Perhaps they communicate by changing colour? Like those sea creatures .."
                                      "Lobsters?"
                                      "Really? I didn't know they did that."
                                      "Oh yes, red means help!"

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                                        • Paddy
                                          Super MURCer
                                          • Mar 2000
                                          • 6067
                                          #11
                                          OK... so no negative comments... perhaps i should pop over (45min drive) and have a look at this...
                                          The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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