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    Just bought Asus S96j for 255 plus shipping

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by averagjo, Dec 4, 2008.

  1. averagjo

    averagjo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Was this a good deal?

    Has T2400 processor
    60 gig hard drive 7200 rpm (small I know)
    2 gigs of ram
    Window xp pro
    DVDRW
    Web Cam 1.3 megapixel
    1280x800 wxga 15.4 inch screen
    ATI MobilityX1600 with dedicated 256 mb of memory
     
    averagjo, Dec 4, 2008
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  2. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    For what it is (old cpu, small hdd, old gpu, ~3yo system) - yes, probably.
     
    ClearSkies, Dec 4, 2008
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  3. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    i think so, thats pretty cheap.
     
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  4. Geared2play.com

    Geared2play.com Company Representative

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    the mainboard by it self is worth 300$ with no components and they actually do sell. yes that is a good deal. very good deal
     
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  5. averagjo

    averagjo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey Thanks all!


    Was a little worried at first as I hadn't heard much of anything about it before buying it. I read through pretty much the entire owners lounge thread and it was very helpful. Thanks also to Eddie at BTO it's good to know that at the very least I could sell it for parts lol, but truthfully I am looking forward to the better than average video performance... As for the moment I only have a Gateway ML6720 with integrated graphics x3100 (yuck :p ) ,,So this should be a step in the right direction... Does the bios update really fix the grainyness issue? If so that's truthfully my only worry so far :) . Thanks again to all who replied
    Averagjo
     
    averagjo, Dec 7, 2008
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