RsToy

looking to pay around £400....any ideas which is a good one for that kind of money.

Stephen_B

dell are doing a very good one for 400 with 2 gig of ram, 1.8Ghz core 2 duo and a 160 gig HDD. Shipping is free aswell. Its often advertised in the papers so look for it there cos i cant remember the model name

Stu.H

I specced my mum and warleydaddy a laptop, was an acer, and was 400 delivered.
17" widescreen as well...

Martin-Hadland

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Sort me one with Windows 98 and a serial port please

RsToy

need model numbers please matey.

Mr S1

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Wayne

If you can maybe get a bit more together and get something else ? I've got a Vaio and it's the nuts but if you just want something for arsing about on the web then £400 will do the job.

RsToy

i'm really buying it for my 9 year old....just need lost of space and something that runs well.

Red16

Dell Inspiron 1525 £399

click the link below then click the circle with 'BETTER' in it

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/to...=dhs&cs=ukdhs1

not sure if i ve seen any laptops with serial connection lately but you could always get one of these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-2-0-TO-RS2...QQcmdZViewItem

Stu.H

If its for mapping, windows 2000 will work ok as well.

someone has one for auction in dudley, 99p at the moment

Martin-Hadland

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Got to be 98 as my Pectel datalogging only works with that.

Stu.H

Ah ok, well a 98 laptop, im guessing you need very minimal spec, they are 10 a penny nowadays. Of course the only problem you might have is battery life so you might need to get a new battery for whichever one you get.

Alternatively, get a more up to date machine (or use the one u have) and load windows 98 OS onto it or Dual boot, ie xp/98 on the same machine.

Although Im not sure how well say a USB>Serial adapter would work with your equipment.

Stephen_B

ahh thats the one i was on with in the first reply. Bloody good deal that is. I'd never have a dell desktop but ive always had a soft spot for their laptops

Stu.H

Something like that link

Easy enough to upgrade the RAM and HD from the £50 you save

Only downfall is Vista. Get your local friendly PC bloke to "upgrade" it to XP

Nash_mr2

All ebuyer laptops from Zero to £420 quid (44 in total) great seller, bought loads from them!

http://www.ebuyer.com/search/?strSea...olShowAll=true

Turbocabbie

EEEpc by ASUS
can not catch viruses and is truely portable

Stephen_B

ive always wanted to have a go with one of them! They any good?

broadmoor

Just did this for a mate to map old Motec's..You can run 2 operating systems on the same lappy if it helps..

Stu.H

Hmm, ok.

He also said he needs a lot of storage space. SSD disks are well expensive for not much space!

Don't these EEE's run Linux? I'm guessing he would want a laptop running XP or equivalent as his son is 9?

Jim Galbally

some ECU software wont work on the NT kernel, needs pure DOS. hence win98. altho you can always just install win98 ona newer laptop

and you can still buy laptops with serial ports, theyre normally higher end ones now, still loads of reasons IT people need serial ports you see