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    Dell refurbished 8600

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by black sheep baaa, Mar 23, 2005.

  1. black sheep baaa

    black sheep baaa Newbie

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    I'm looking at a dell refurbished 8600 for about $923. I'm looking to play games like command and conquer generals, warcraft 3, possibly HL2.

    The specs on the dell are:
    Pentium M 1.6 Gigahertz
    60 Gigabyte 5400 RPM hard drive
    Windows XP home
    15.4 inch WSXGA+ screen
    512 333Mhz Ram
    CDRW drive
    ATI Radeon 128 MB


    That's all the specs Dell gives.

    Is this a good deal? Please reply soon. Thanks
     
    black sheep baaa, Mar 23, 2005
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  2. lapboy

    lapboy Notebook Deity

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    Yeah, it is a good deal provided it does not turn out a lemon.

    5400rpm Hard drive and 128 meg graphics is very good buy.
     
    lapboy, Mar 23, 2005
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  3. black sheep baaa

    black sheep baaa Newbie

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    Thanks for your opinion[ :D]
     
    black sheep baaa, Mar 23, 2005
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  4. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Often refurbished notebooks come with short warranties. You may want to check into that.






    I know things, things that could get me killed


    Thinkpad T41:
    * 1.6Ghz Pentium M * 768Mb Memory * 40Gb Hitachi 7200RPM * Panasonic UJ-845-B DVD+RW *
     
    ZaZ, Mar 23, 2005
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  5. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    Sure, if the things works just fine, then that is a very, very good deal. Its a solid, good notebook.
     
    Rahul, Mar 23, 2005
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