New Laptop or keep old one????

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celina728

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I have a Compaq Presario V6133CL that needs a new battery, a wireless
card and memory. I did a rough figure on total cost and it would be around
$75.00.
Product Name V6133CL
US Product Number RG286UA#ABA
Microprocessor 1.6 GHz AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-52
Microprocessor Cache 2 x 512KB L2 Cache
Memory 2048MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
Memory Max 2048MB
Video Graphics NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 (UMA)
Video Memory up to 128MB (shared)
Hard Drive 120GB 5400RPM (SATA)
Multimedia Drive LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
Display 15.4” WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800) Display
Fax/Modem High speed 56k modem
Network Card Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless Connectivity 802.11b/g WLAN
Microphone Imprint finish & Integrated Microphone
Sound Altec Lansing
Keyboard 101-key compatible

1 Quick Launch Button (HP Quick Play DVD Button)
Pointing Device Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical and horizontal Scroll Up/Down pad
PC Card Slots •1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)

External Ports •5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
•3 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
•1 Headphone out
•1 microphone-in
•1 VGA (15-pin)
•1 TV-Out (S-video)
•1 RJ-11 (modem)
•1 RJ -45 (LAN)
•1 notebook expansion port 3
•1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin)
•1 Consumer IR

Dimensions 14.05" (L) x 10.12" (W) x 1" (min H)/1.56" (max H)
Weight 6.6lbs
Security •Kensington® MicroSaver lock slot
•Power-on password
•Accepts 3rd party security lock devices

Power •65W AC adapter
•6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery

I've looked on line for new laptop and found one at Electronic Express that I was thinking of buying.(Spec's below) I couldn't find any other info on it. Asus Z54CJS91 15.6", Intel Pentium B960, 4GB RAM, 320GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 Was: $499.97
Instant Savings: - $200.00
Your Price: $299.97

The online ad shows it for $299.97(Under Holiday Hot Deals) but when I add it to my cart it shows $384.36 before shipping. So I was going to call if you think it is a good buy or should I just keep my Compaq and fix it?


Asus Z54CJS91 :
Operating System Windows 7
LCD Display (In.) 15.6"
Processor Intel Dual-core Pentium B960
Processor Speed (GHz) 2.2GHz
RAM Memory 4 GB
Hard Drive Capacity 320 GB
Optical Storage DVD Super Multi
Graphics Controller Intel HD Graphics
Aspect Ratio 16:9 Aspect Ratio
Maximum Resolution 1366 x 768
Web Cam 0.3 Megapixel
Wireless 802.11 b/g/n
USB Ports 3
Memory Card 4-in-1 card reader

Thanks for any help or thoughts.
 
celina728 said:
I have a Compaq Presario V6133CL that needs a new battery, a wireless
card and memory. I did a rough figure on total cost and it would be around
$75.00.
Product Name V6133CL
US Product Number RG286UA#ABA
Microprocessor 1.6 GHz AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-52
Microprocessor Cache 2 x 512KB L2 Cache
Memory 2048MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
Memory Max 2048MB
Video Graphics NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 (UMA)
Video Memory up to 128MB (shared)
Hard Drive 120GB 5400RPM (SATA)
Multimedia Drive LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
Display 15.4” WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800) Display
Fax/Modem High speed 56k modem
Network Card Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless Connectivity 802.11b/g WLAN
Microphone Imprint finish & Integrated Microphone
Sound Altec Lansing
Keyboard 101-key compatible

1 Quick Launch Button (HP Quick Play DVD Button)
Pointing Device Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical and horizontal Scroll Up/Down pad
PC Card Slots •1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)

External Ports •5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
•3 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
•1 Headphone out
•1 microphone-in
•1 VGA (15-pin)
•1 TV-Out (S-video)
•1 RJ-11 (modem)
•1 RJ -45 (LAN)
•1 notebook expansion port 3
•1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin)
•1 Consumer IR

Dimensions 14.05" (L) x 10.12" (W) x 1" (min H)/1.56" (max H)
Weight 6.6lbs
Security •Kensington® MicroSaver lock slot
•Power-on password
•Accepts 3rd party security lock devices

Power •65W AC adapter
•6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery

I've looked on line for new laptop and found one at Electronic Express that I was thinking of buying.(Spec's below) I couldn't find any other info on it. Asus Z54CJS91 15.6", Intel Pentium B960, 4GB RAM, 320GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 Was: $499.97
Instant Savings: - $200.00
Your Price: $299.97

The online ad shows it for $299.97(Under Holiday Hot Deals) but when I add it to my cart it shows $384.36 before shipping. So I was going to call if you think it is a good buy or should I just keep my Compaq and fix it?


Asus Z54CJS91 :
Operating System Windows 7
LCD Display (In.) 15.6"
Processor Intel Dual-core Pentium B960
Processor Speed (GHz) 2.2GHz
RAM Memory 4 GB
Hard Drive Capacity 320 GB
Optical Storage DVD Super Multi
Graphics Controller Intel HD Graphics
Aspect Ratio 16:9 Aspect Ratio
Maximum Resolution 1366 x 768
Web Cam 0.3 Megapixel
Wireless 802.11 b/g/n
USB Ports 3
Memory Card 4-in-1 card reader

Thanks for any help or thoughts.
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It ordepends what you want to do with it...if you save for a bit, you can get an even higher spec laptop than what you have now, which will be faster, and more up to date anyway?
 
Re:AshleyScopes.
I use it for web,email, pictures,some games and so forth. None of the newer games more like Bejeweled and those kind. I also have a desktop that I use, so the laptop will be mostly for when I travel now that I'm retired.
 
celina728 said:
Re:AshleyScopes.
I use it for web,email, pictures,some games and so forth. None of the newer games more like Bejeweled and those kind. I also have a desktop that I use, so the laptop will be mostly for when I travel now that I'm retired.
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Its completley up to you to be honest. I would opt towards a new machine.
 
If you want it for traveling and you don't really care for it to be new, then I would say keep your laptop and replace the battery. Unless your laptop is getting to be slower than a snail. Although, if that is the case, all you have to do is backup all of your important data like pictures, documents, programs, etc (or do Disc Imaging) and do a factory reset. This will clear your registry and also clear up any thing else that could be slowing your machine down. I hope this helps. I cover Disc Imaging a bit in my blog.

Edit: Correction on the disc imaging idea. If your computer is running slow becaise of the registry and you do a disc image, the registry will be copied and there would be no point of doing a disc image in the first place. I just recently thought about that. It is best to have a "perfect" reference computer for a disc image.
 
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