Latitude C800 - Worth bringing back to lif ... ... Okay, a friend of mine handed me two Latitude C800 notebooks. One has the 850 P3, the other a 1GHz. The batt ...

neonhomer · 07-29-2007, 08:18 PM

Okay, a friend of mine handed me two Latitude C800 notebooks. One has the 850 P3, the other a 1GHz. The batteries, memory, harddrives, side CD-ROM, and front CD-ROM are all missing. The 1Ghz processor is toast.

Both laptops work otherwise (used the 850 to check both). Is it worth putting the money into these to bring them back to life? (I would be getting most of the parts from eBay..)

They didn't come with a power adapter either... but the adapter from my Inspiron 5000e is the same... luckily......

Ghaz013 · 07-29-2007, 09:52 PM

Seems so old. Sound like something my cousin has that is just so yesterdays technology I marvel at how she can stand a 1hour boot time (lol). However in your case, you could go for something newer. Lets say you drop 150 at newegg/ebay, I think it might be a worthwhile investment to just pickup a newer system, seeing as how you are going to spend money either way.

Hope it helps

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neonhomer Honorary Mythbuster Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Starship Enterprise Posts: 122 Credits: -105	Latitude C800 - Worth bringing back to life? Okay, a friend of mine handed me two Latitude C800 notebooks. One has the 850 P3, the other a 1GHz. The batteries, memory, harddrives, side CD-ROM, and front CD-ROM are all missing. The 1Ghz processor is toast. Both laptops work otherwise (used the 850 to check both). Is it worth putting the money into these to bring them back to life? (I would be getting most of the parts from eBay..) They didn't come with a power adapter either... but the adapter from my Inspiron 5000e is the same... luckily...... __________________ NeonHomer Laptop #1 - HP zx5190us - 3.2GHz P4 Northwood, 1GB DDR-333 RAM, ATI Radeon Mobility 9100 IGP (64MB), 802.11g WiFi card, 100GB 5400RPM harddrive, DVD+R/RW, Windows XP Professional. Laptop #2 - Dell Inspiron 5000 - 700MHz PIII, 192MB RAM, ATI M3 Video, 20GB Harddrive, 24x CD-ROM, Windows XP Pro SP2 VLK (Now dark - Needs Inverter!) Handheld - Dell Axim X5 400MHz, 64MB RAM, 1GB SanDisk SD Card, Sandisk CF+ Wifi+128MB, Pocket PC 2003 (Back in Action!)

07-29-2007, 09:52 PM	#2
Ghaz013 Aspiring Warboss Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,119 Reviews: 1 Benchmarks: 1 Credits: 49,200	Seems so old. Sound like something my cousin has that is just so yesterdays technology I marvel at how she can stand a 1hour boot time (lol). However in your case, you could go for something newer. Lets say you drop 150 at newegg/ebay, I think it might be a worthwhile investment to just pickup a newer system, seeing as how you are going to spend money either way. Hope it helps __________________ -Dell E1705- Intel T7400/3GB 667/80GB 54K/1920X1200/7900GTX (Selling) -Asus 900HA- Intel Atom N270/1GB 533/160GB 54K/1024x600/Intel 950 -Gateway 550GR- Intel P4 3.2/1.5GB 333/200GB 72K/120GB 72K/1680x1050/ATI 4350

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