35 quid laptop

zeppelin` · 6 May 2009 at 16:31

Just bought a 35 quid laptop off gumtree, dell latitude 750mhz P3 256mb ram. it came with case, dvd/cd drive, cd drive, floppy drive, zip drive and a network card. took it home, installed ubuntu and it works brilliantly, the battery hasnt been worn out like i suspected it would be; it charges perfectly and has plenty of battery life. the only damage i can see is superficial and easily fixed. seems too good to be true, i am almost certain it wasnt stolen, and the bloke who sold it had no knowledge of computers and just wanted to get rid as he bought a new one for his daughter. have i just got a brilliant deal?

i mean anything demanding such as games can be done on my main pc, i really cant find a catch

Spooter · 6 May 2009 at 16:47

Sounds a good deal.. I would installed Xbuntu though, slighty snapper with only the 256Mb and looks similar.

zeppelin` · 6 May 2009 at 21:18

i was going to, but i already had the newest version of ubuntu burnt to cd for my desktop - so thought i may aswell try it.

it runs faster than expected, even with the 256mb ram, i was going to upgrade but now really dont feel the need.

datawrite · 6 May 2009 at 23:24

A bit more ram is never a bad idea. Won't cost much either!

fendi · 7 May 2009 at 12:31

sounds a bargain, post a pic or two

Rhys · 7 May 2009 at 12:42

I find ubuntu runs better with 512mb.

MarkW7 · 7 May 2009 at 23:02

! Bargain !

I can't even get Ubuntu to run on my; 1.13GHz, 512mb ram - Refused to load the desktop [Graphics Problem] I'm guessing

So Crunchbang for me.

Ncie buy.