What is buying a Compaq Notebook

hi!

Firstly, i'm in Australia, so the prices might be a bit off, but i'd still appreciate your help!

the specs i entered are for my home pc, just to show what i'm used to. a very good friend of mine, i.e. someone i trust, is selling their laptop. it's in perfect condition, it is small and very light, comes with a case and although the warranty just ran out, they recently serviced it and had a new motherboard put in. It also has an external cd-rom and an 8mb usb stick. The model is the Fujitsu LifeBook P-1030, its not being made anymore, but full specs are at: http://www.notebook.co.th/spec/p1030.html

He's willing to sell it to me for $1000. Is it worth it? See, its got the Transmeta Crusoe TM5500 (700MHz) CPU which i have been hearing is not very good. I don't mind the laptop being a little slow, but not too much-i want it to be kind of fast. Whereas for $1000 i can buy a brand new PDA. I'm an I.T. student, so i would be using it for word, powerpoint, programming, all internet, email, msn, music and games. What do you think i would be better of buying in terms of cost, my needs and speed??

Thanx heaps!!

This question was answered on August 20, 2003. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

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From my knowledge and experience, the compaq notebook is a very good and fast laptop It is also thin and not so heavy If you are willing to buy a used laptop for a $1000, you mine as well buy this one brand new for $999

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Posted by Student of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on August 20, 2003

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