Older Laptop

[Khyron]

Toshiba Satelite Pro 4200

350 OBO

Celeron 500
320M Ram
Floppy
10/100 no-dongle NIC
56K modem
DVD-Rom
15 inch LCD screen
11G Harddrive
2 batteries, charger (2 hours or so on a charge)
Windows 2000, etc,
licenced CA virus scanner/firewall with 1 year
Serial port for vagcom
Spent 3 years as a backup laptop - probably used 30 hours total.

Cons:
- 1 burnt in blue pixel near the top. Not normally noticable.
- Battery drains over time if you leave it unplugged in your trunk for many days - I just took out the battery if not using it for awhile.
- Lid hinge is getting a bit flimsy, but it's fine for all normal viewing angles.
- Soundcard is cheap. Fine for normal windows sounds and video clips but stutters a bit on mp3s.

Laptop is good for someone looking for internet/excel/word/vag stuff with older games.

Khyron

[gaffer]

Re: Older Laptop

I used to have this exact laptop. The screen size was great to a laptop of that time period. I really liked mine when I had it.

Andrew

[Khyron]

Re: Older Laptop

Did you have any sound issues? I've been told it's just drivers (for either the sound card or the power-manager) but haven't ever found a solution. Laptop speakers suck anyways so it was never a huge bother, but still...

[gaffer]

Re: Older Laptop

Did you have any sound issues? I've been told it's just drivers (for either the sound card or the power-manager) but haven't ever found a solution. Laptop speakers suck anyways so it was never a huge bother, but still...

I never had any sound issues other than the fact that overall laptop sound sucks. I dont remember having to replace sound drivers or anything. I could ask my brother if he has any sound issues with it lately. Maybe see if there are some drivers on the Toshiba website.

Does it work fine with external speakers?

This would be a great machine for a student looking for a cheap computer to get by.

Andrew

[Khyron]

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Price update!

Khyron

[Stonewall]

Re: Older Laptop

Price update!

Khyron

I was talking to Mary-lu at Rudy's and she is looking for a cheap laptop so I will let her know the specs etc

[Khyron]

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That would be cool - it's in the bargain finder next week. It crushed the laptops I compared against at laptop depot/bargain finder for the most part.

Khyron

[Stonewall]

Re: Older Laptop

That would be cool - it's in the bargain finder next week. It crushed the laptops I compared against at laptop depot/bargain finder for the most part.

Khyron

Cool, Just give her a call I told her some of the info today, you know more about it and weather it would work for her needs.

[Khyron]

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Sold! (Mary-lu wouldn't have liked the loose screen).

Khyron