Hey, I'm about to buy a refurbished IBM laptop through their employee discount program (family member). I am looking for something for internet and word processing. I'm a college student and work 24 hour shifts on the weekends with a lot of downtime so i need something to do homework on. I would spend more but i'm only using it for one year and I have a great desktop.
I don't know anything about laptops, or even computers in general. I see obvious differences, seems like the cheaper one is better even though I'll have to purchase a wireless card for that one. (how much are those by the way and is there one you recommend?)
$350 Pentium 4 (R32)
1.8 GHz
XP prof
256MB/1024MB
30GB
14.1 inch
DVD-ROM
no wireless
$405 Pentium III (X24 (NU2) w/ Port replicator)
1.13 GHz
XP home
640MB/640MB
20 GB
12 inch
CD rom
802b wireless LAN
I would appreciate your help! I don't need anything extremely fast, but if there is a huge difference between these 2 that I'm not noticing, please let me know. (difference between pentium 3 and 4? between 256 and 640 MB?)
I don't know anything about laptops, or even computers in general. I see obvious differences, seems like the cheaper one is better even though I'll have to purchase a wireless card for that one. (how much are those by the way and is there one you recommend?)
$350 Pentium 4 (R32)
1.8 GHz
XP prof
256MB/1024MB
30GB
14.1 inch
DVD-ROM
no wireless
$405 Pentium III (X24 (NU2) w/ Port replicator)
1.13 GHz
XP home
640MB/640MB
20 GB
12 inch
CD rom
802b wireless LAN
I would appreciate your help! I don't need anything extremely fast, but if there is a huge difference between these 2 that I'm not noticing, please let me know. (difference between pentium 3 and 4? between 256 and 640 MB?)
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