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anto1208
20/06/2008, 10:26 AM
My laptop at the moment is pretty poor its an Advent, 1 gb ram 120gbHD etc its ok does all the basics fine but get put under pressure fairly easily the wireless connection drops if my down load gets above a few hundred kb/s or if i turn on the PS3 the LAN connecter is broken and the battery doesnt charge anymore.

Saw this one but i know very little about specs etc can anyone that does understand laptops tell me if this one is any good . Its only available untill 11 tonight so i need to choose fairly quickly, should i get this or wait for a Sony Viao to come around again? Or could i get an even better one somewhere else.

This is 550 euro and delivery is 15 so its fairly cheap

Cheers

http://www.ibood.com/site/eu/iboodSpecs.php

SPECS

Lenovo 3000 N200 MultiMedia Notebook with Fingerprint Protection « back
Brand: Lenovo
Type: 3000 N200 Notebook
Type number: TY2BSMH
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T250
Processor internal clock speed: 2.00 GHz
Front Side Bus: 800 MHz
Provided Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
Screen: 15.4 inch WXGA VibrantView TFT LCD Glossy
Screen illumination: Backlit
Screen Resolution: 1280 x 800
Graphics chipset: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 with Turbo Cache
Video RAM: 256 MB
Video RAM type: DDR2
Memory: 2GB (max. 4GB)
RAM speed supported: 667MHz
RAM type: PC2-5300 DDR SDRAM
Hard Disk Size: 160 GB S-ATA
With DVD recordable (Dual Layer) 24X Max
Fax/Modem: MWave ‘Combo’ Card V.90 & 56K
Fax/Modem speeds: 56 Kbps/14.4 Kbps fax
Network Card: 10/100 Ethernet
Ports: External Display (VGA) / Microphone / Line-In / Headphone / Line out / IEEE 1394 / RJ-11 / RJ-45 / S-Video out / 4 USB 2.0 / 5-in-1 Multi-card Reader
Weight: 2.82 kg
Dimensions: 31.4 x 360 x 267 mm
Warranty: 1 Year

John83
20/06/2008, 11:26 AM
Looks like a good deal to me. I haven't bought a laptop for a few years though, so someone else may know better.

Aberdonian Stu
20/06/2008, 12:58 PM
Looks pretty good to me. ThinkPads tend to be bullet proof as well so they last a fair while as well.

soccerc
20/06/2008, 1:18 PM
Good price for the brand, beats the 800 I paid a month ago for a similar spec HP laptop.

anto1208
20/06/2008, 2:35 PM
i was thinking it was good for the money considering old one cost 650 a year ago. And i should have a buyer for that old one too for 250-300 ( he knows even less than me about laptops). But in fairness to it its never given much trouble bar when i stood on it drunk and broke off the dvd drive and broke the LAN connector :o

John83
20/06/2008, 2:38 PM
But in fairness to it its never given much trouble bar when i stood on it drunk and broke off the dvd drive and broke the LAN connector :o
It gave you trouble?

GavinZac
21/06/2008, 8:26 AM
Good deal.

ramsfan
27/06/2008, 1:45 PM
lenovo are supplier of all desktops and laptops in work , used globally by my company so cant be that bad