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    Thoughts on the Compaq Evo n400c?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Corporate, Nov 17, 2005.

  1. Corporate

    Corporate Newbie

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    First post, so please do excuse me if I inadvertently make an ass of myself.

    I'm buying a used (refurbished, I think) laptop for school - something small and cheap and light. It's for notes/web browsing/IM/basic programming (electronics stuff, nothing heavy duty) - and for outlook sync with my exchange server. Most notably I've had my eye on the Compaq Evo n400c - I can get one with the docking station for a decent price (sub $500 CDN) with specs as following:

    P3 850
    128MB PC100 SDRam
    20GB HD
    CD-RW

    Holding your gasps and shouts of outrage at how ancient this thing is, can anyone give me any real-life experiences with this model? I'll be putting more ram into it asap and perhaps upgrading the HD, but other than that..
     
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  2. kylechanb

    kylechanb Notebook Consultant

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    I can say it is an excellence laptop.
    I have a newer version of EVO (n610c/presario 2800)
    It last me for 2.5 year without a single problem. They are made in S. Korea better QC than the laptop nowaday.
    May be I should let you know also that I am selling this solid laptop for a gaming laptop
    If you are interested, contact me
    Config:
    P4M 1.8ghz
    512 DDR333
    30gb 4200rpm HD
    14"
    ~5.3lbs
    wireless G
    ATI 7500M 32mb DDR
    Extra bluetooth and usb hubs and computer bag
    Sorry for semi-hijacking
     
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  3. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    If you upgrade to a 5400RPM drive and put in some more memory, performance will be quite good. I've done this a more than a few Pentium III laptops and people are always amazed at how much faster it is. Most Pentium Ms downclock to 600-800Mhz when not plugged in or doing anything CPU intensive anyway. For what you are using it for, I think it will work quite nicely. Good Luck.
     
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  4. Corporate

    Corporate Newbie

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    Thanks for the quick responses, guys. I'll definitely bring it up to at least 384MB o' Ram and pop in a cheap 5400RPM HD (perhaps a 40gigger). :)
     
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    Welp, ended up not having any of the n400c in stock so I bought an IBM T30 for a few hundred more. I haven't had a chance to play with it but we'll see if I made the right choice soon :)
     
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