Hardware question from "fly-over country"

[Hakan Koseoglu]

On 29 November 2011 03:22, Richard Owlett <rowlett at pcnetinc.com> wrote:
> I'm in RURAL SW Missouri. A local used/surplus computer store is offering a
> Dell Latitude D620 (4GB memory, 80GB hard drive, Intel Core Duo @ 2.4 GHz)
> for ~$500. It reportedly has the majority of manufacturer's warranty.
If you ask me, it is an obsolete laptop with too much asking price.I
have one on my desk right now and occasionally I want to punch it very
very hard. 5-6 years ago, maybe, right now avoid, esp for $500. You
should be able to get a decent, way faster laptop for that price. I
picked up one for my mother this summer for £350, specs way higher
than above and also it works way waster, even though it's just an i3.

For disclosure, this message was written on an Dell E4610 i7 with 8GB
RAM so I am not against them completely. Just avoid d620 and probably
d630 is not worth it anymore either (have an other stack of them on
the other side of the desk, I use them to VPN to various customers
when I don't want to infect mine).
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