WTB Laptop or Notebook

Pharaoh · 13-September-05, 06:04 PM

My wife wants to get rid of the punch clock at the restraint / restaurant.

A friend said he would donate a Time program, his company designs that type of
Software.

If one can be found here on PR all the better.
The ones on EBay run around $350. Dell Latitude and IBM Thinkpads.

So I guess the minimum requirements would be the hardware CPU and Memory enough to run WinXP.

What would be the minimum hardware to look for in a EBay laptop?

Ideas or a good deal here will help.

Thanks

TCG_Modder · 13-September-05, 06:49 PM

733mhz or better
256 meg of ram

anything below that, you shouldnt be running XP, nor would you want to.

i know some people will come in and say" my 266mhz can run XP just fine" we are talking about real world use of the laptop.

more of CPU mhz and memory will be better, but thats base minimum.

also, onboard NIC would be helpful.

THRiLL KiLL · 19-September-05, 12:54 AM

i would try www.craigslist.org u might be able to find one localy or TCG_Modder on Pimprig has some awesome deals....

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Pharaoh Apex Tech God Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Coming soon to a hotel near you Posts: 2,405	WTB Laptop or Notebook My wife wants to get rid of the punch clock at the restraint / restaurant. A friend said he would donate a Time program, his company designs that type of Software. If one can be found here on PR all the better. The ones on EBay run around $350. Dell Latitude and IBM Thinkpads. So I guess the minimum requirements would be the hardware CPU and Memory enough to run WinXP. What would be the minimum hardware to look for in a EBay laptop? Ideas or a good deal here will help. Thanks __________________ Last edited by Pharaoh; 13-September-05 at 07:16 PM.

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TCG_Modder Apex Tech Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 557	733mhz or better 256 meg of ram anything below that, you shouldnt be running XP, nor would you want to. i know some people will come in and say" my 266mhz can run XP just fine" we are talking about real world use of the laptop. more of CPU mhz and memory will be better, but thats base minimum. also, onboard NIC would be helpful. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Main Rig~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~Asus P5K Deluxe 0404 Bios~Intel Q6600 - SLACR Stepping~ATI 4870 and ATI 4850~SILVERSTONE Zeus 650W~OCZ Reaper PC2 6400 4x1gig~Danger Den TDX, BIP, DD12V-D5~

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