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Is this a good deal?

post #1 of 4
Thread Starter 
Compaq Presario 2195US
AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+
512 MB DDR SDRAM
ATI Mobility Radeon (64-128 MB shared)
40 GB hard drive
DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo
15 inch XGA TFT display
56K Modem and 10/100BASE-T Ethernet AND
INTEGRATED WIRELESS CARD
Touch Pad with on/off button
Empty PC card slot
2 USB, 1 firewire, etc...
REMAINDER OF FACTORY WARRANTY good until OCTOBER
$700 or best offer

I just wanted to know if this was a good deal, I didn't find this on this forum, but I just wanted to know if anybody had any experience with this computer and I also wanted to know how the Athlon M processors are, thanks in advance.
post #2 of 4

yeah

I would have to say yes, i have the 2529CL which is the same thing only i have a P4 2.53 the only thing is that don't expect to play really intense games on it, shared(IGP) graphics are terrible bottom line, espically on Compaqs the turn down the clocks to 115/115 on mine, but if ur not going to play real big games then this is an awesome deal, i saw a 2500 go for 800 on ebay today and that was with a P4 2.4 and 256mb so thats a decent deal
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well I guess it doesn't matter how good of a deal it is or not, this guy is a prick. I told him that I was very interested in it and I offered him a generous 650 for it. He accepted my offer and asked me what OS I wanted on it and any other applications on it. He told me it would be ready possibly tuesday, but wednesday for sure. Well its now thursday. These are the last 2 e-mails he wrote me ..."Hi,
I have the laptop half setup. I still need to install a few things and burn the cds. It should be ready for tomorrow unless something unexpected comes up so let me know when is good to pick it up. BTW I forgot to ask...Is there any special software you want installed? I am including a lot of the common apps I figured you'd need like Nero for burning cds, WinRAR for zip files, RealPlayer, etc..." That was on Tuesday. This is the e-mail I got today..."Sorry about my phone. I am having problems with it and need to take it in for servicing. I might end up buying a new one. Someone has made an offer for both the laptops but wants to check them out first. I have to show him because your email came second. I'll let you know what happens but it will be a few days so waiting is up to you."
What I don't get is that he told me that I was the only one really interested, he was setting it up to my configuration and all of the sudden someone else wants to buy both of his laptops and I get the back seat. IT's nobody on this forum, that i know of, but it just really pissed me off. I was supposed to get this computer on Tuesday and now i'm probly not gonna get it at all. THanks for listening to me vent.
post #4 of 4
Jeeze, that is a prick. Maybe he was confused, though. I'd not talk about the "common apps" as I'm sure they are less than legitimate.

-myrkat
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