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| Thread ID: 138620 | 2014-12-26 11:49:00 | Does anyone have spare laptop ???? | AppleFan (17097) | Press F1 |
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| 1390930 | 2014-12-26 11:49:00 | I have have been looking for a laptop as my second laptop because i want to test things on it , i don't want to test on my HP i7 because i use this for my study and home use , if something happens to this i won't have a laptop , so since i like test things and want to run vm i need a second laptop to help me out here , if i have to give money , i will go for $200 is my budget . So i welcome any type of laptop , windows preferred , just no faulty ones or has problems , thanks if any question right in comments thanks . |
AppleFan (17097) | ||
| 1390931 | 2014-12-26 19:51:00 | What exactly are you hoping to test? $200 laptop might not be grunty enough for testing games or recent software that require better hardware. If you look on trademe, you will find some good used laptops for around $200-$300. | ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1390932 | 2014-12-26 19:56:00 | Someone just gave one to me not the fastest thing in the world. But you would have to put more ram in it (I dont know how much ram you can install - maybe 4 GB - Its got 2 slots). It had XP on it, but I wiped it and put Win7 Pro 32 bit on it (doesnt support 64 bit I think). I cant find it on the Toshiba site Altho I may put Linux Mint on it. It may run faster with 512mb |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1390933 | 2014-12-26 23:01:00 | What exactly are you hoping to test? $200 laptop might not be grunty enough for testing games or recent software that require better hardware. If you look on trademe, you will find some good used laptops for around $200-$300. Hey im planning to software , i enjoy doing this , and since i study IT i want to know about software which say if people ask which is a good or better program i can give my opinion . Not planning to test games , i have had a browse on trademe , did also bid on some but failed because it went over 200 dollars which is not my budget . So yeah |
AppleFan (17097) | ||
| 1390934 | 2014-12-26 23:04:00 | Someone just gave one to me not the fastest thing in the world. But you would have to put more ram in it (I dont know how much ram you can install - maybe 4 GB - Its got 2 slots). It had XP on it, but I wiped it and put Win7 Pro 32 bit on it (doesnt support 64 bit I think). I cant find it on the Toshiba site Altho I may put Linux Mint on it. It may run faster with 512mb So if im right this has 512 mb of ram right ???? Can you also tell me how is windows 7 pro 32 bit performing and can you post specs of laptop here so i can have a look ???? Thanks Speedy Gonzales |
AppleFan (17097) | ||
| 1390935 | 2014-12-26 23:06:00 | Im thinking of buying a laptop of trademe which there are a couple which interest me , but one which is a buy now , see the link if any can help me and say if this a good laptop or not to buy . Here is the link please see - www.trademe.co.nz |
AppleFan (17097) | ||
| 1390936 | 2014-12-26 23:22:00 | Call me suspicious, but in the link, it says it has "Windows 7 enterprise/Office 2007 " :stare: Seen lots of computers that have enterprise and its either the trial activated version or pirated. Not 100% positive but I would suspect if its a legal enterprise then they aren't allowed to sell it with that OS/Office. Doing a Google search of the product keys will soon tell you if its legit or not. Look at the enterprise requirements: The Windows 7 Enterprise operating system (OS) is available to Microsoft Software Assurance customers. So technically, if its sold its now not assigned to the legal Software assurance Customer.:2cents: On the Up side - its a business Laptop so its better quality than the general consumer products you would buy in shops. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1390937 | 2014-12-26 23:23:00 | I dont know what the specs are I cant find the info on the site. Because of the lack of ram, its slow. It took like over 12 hrs to install 147 or so updates lol. Looks like it uses ddr 2 sodimms. Its got one stick of 533 ram in it. 2 ram slots But its got firewire, dvd writer, wireless / a wireless switch on the side. Which is dual band. It supports 2.4 / 5 ghz, vga port, no hdmi, I think there's a ps/2 port on the side, card reader at the front, with volume control, and headphone/mic input on the front. 3 USB ports, and LAN. And also fingerprint scanner under the lid. All I can tell you is, its a Satellite A100. The model doesnt bring up anything on the site. probably because its pretty old I've tried Mint on it now which is a bit faster at moving online than windows. Once it gets into Mint |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1390938 | 2014-12-26 23:35:00 | Call me suspicious, but in the link, it says it has "Windows 7 enterprise/Office 2007 " :stare: Seen lots of computers that have enterprise and its either the trial activated version or pirated. Not 100% positive but I would suspect if its a legal enterprise then they aren't allowed to sell it with that OS/Office. Doing a Google search of the product keys will soon tell you if its legit or not. Look at the enterprise requirements: So technically, if its sold its now not assigned to the legal Software assurance Customer.:2cents: On the Up side - its a business Laptop so its better quality than the general consumer products you would buy in shops. Ok , i actuallly have windows 7 and windows 8 iso , so whats your opinion shall i go for it since u said it seems to be a better quality than general consumner products ??? |
AppleFan (17097) | ||
| 1390939 | 2014-12-26 23:36:00 | Hmm looking at the system info in linux, its a T5600 1.83 ghz CPU. Which according to the Intel site supports 64 bit. And uses an AMD X1400 gfx card. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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