know nothing about laptops, guys help me make the right purchase?

[kemystery]

Both of the below units are the exact same price, and seem like good deals. I was leaning towards one model, but would like to make an informed purchase. Here are the specs/links below


- IBM Thinkpad model T22
- 1GHz Pentium III processor
- 256mb RAM
- 20GB hard drive
- DVD-ROM Drive
- Floppy Drive
- Bluetooth
- USB/VGA/Serial Ports
- new Linksys wireless card 54g/805.11b
- Batter that holds charge
- Windows XP Pro Installed
- Microsoft Office Installed
- 14" lcd display/no dead pixels
- Logitech Optical Mouse
- heavy duty laptop bag
- power adapter

Ebay link for Thinkpad

(owners comments)
"...my processor is a little faster, that one has a little more storage space.

i will also throw in a Linksys 54G wireless router if you want.
I am not sure what year the laptop was made in. I think 2003/4. "

*other guy's*

- Gateway 450SX4
- 1.8 ghz P4
- 15 inch screen
- wireless keyboard/mouse
- Windows XP pro
- extra battery
- Laptop case
- Netgear wifi card

(owner comments)

".....just got it cleaned (?), its a 2003 model, I guess I could throw in the case, and keyboard + mouse and the extra battery(thanks because you never know when you might need an old laptop battery) ......"

specs on Gateway

I was going to go with the gateway, but I just wanted to make sure that thinkpads weren't bad ass or something.

As far as price both are $280 but the Thinkpad guy offered to trade his Thinkpad + $200 for my Dell 2405fp 24" monitor, which I happened to be selling for $480 on the same site - which makes for one stop shopping but thats all

[erbbysam]

I've personally always been a fan of Thinkpads.... there always extremely solid computers and will always have the best mouse and keyboard (over other laptops)... the thinkpad+200 seems like a really good deal if you want to part with your monitor...
... I wouldn't worry to much about storage space (20 Gigs is plenty as long as your not putting your music/video collection on here or playing newer games on it) but speed is a big factor if you're going to multitable or run HUD with these... but I'm no expert so I won't comment on this.

[kemystery]

so not much diff between 1.8P4 and 1.0P3? I play poker
and surf mostly, I download but usually ot while playing/etc
don't run HUD and only 2-table, I actually wanted something kinda quick

It is kind of easy to kill 2 birds with one stone here, but the guy did offer me 400 for the Dell monitor so I could just do that and buy the Gateway and be +$120 with more transaction dealings. Might just try to get the guy to kick $220 or $240 because I have to go get a wifi card for it.

thanks for responding, would love to hear more responses

[funkyworms]

This is not even close. The Gateway is a much better deal. Good luck trying to get anything accomplished running XP Pro on a P3 with 256mb RAM. I don't know what size HD or how much RAM is included with the Gateway (you should find out), but it's a better deal than the Thinkpad.

[luckyjimm]

I bought a new Sony Vaio last month and have been getting on really well with it - I'd recommend them. Great styling, runs fast, does everything I want it to.

[kemystery]

only a fish would overpay for a vaio

[Beavis68]

is this really all you can afford?

[luckyjimm]

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only a fish would overpay for a vaio

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Who says I overpaid?

[kerowo]

It's a vaio. By definition you are overpaying.

[dlong226]

get a gateway tablet, mine works great