how much should I pay for a used T43?

Hello everyone~
I'm presently using a mac borrow from a friend, like it & hate it.
I want to investe a small amount of money on a 2nd hand laptop, something that is cheap so if I drop it, I won't want to kill myself, but it also has to be able to work well.(I'm a student, using mainly word, excel, powerpoint, photoshop,alot of internet surfing, movie. I might want to play some fps games on this laptop if possible)
and the T43 was somehow in my list (IBM was and still is my #1)
I have found some deals on ebay and some local seller.

For config like this, what could be the reasonable price? (450USD?)
Intel® Pentium® M Centrino Processor 750 1.86GHz/ 533MHz FSB
2gb DDR2 RAM
14.1” SXGA+ TFT Display (1400 x 1050 resolution)
60gb (7200 rpm) Hard Drive
ATI Mobility Radeon X300 128MB
8x DVD Read and 24x CDRW
Wireless 2200B/G Network Connection
NO fingerprint reader
battery+AC cable

There is also one with almost the same config. except:
512 MB DDR266 RAM
and ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 AGP 4x, but it's cheaper, at 370USD
IEEE 802.11a/b

OR is there better options?
I really want a under 15' laptop,
NO XGA plz!
average graphic performance (how good is a integrated GPU?)
good battery life (2-3 hours would be fine)

THANKS

 

get the first one and haggle it to 350

 

What games...because I wouldn't count on that.

 

if it wasn't on ebay, I would certainly bargin for the price.

Well, I like to play fps games, but since i'm still in school, I don't want pass too much time on it. so ability to play games would be a bonus for me, not a must. But i still want to have a good, about average GPU,just in case.

 

The most recent generation of games that might run respectably at a lower detail and resolution on the T43 includes Doom 3, Call of Duty, Far Cry, and Half-Life 2.

I bought a T43 with better specs than the first one you mentioned for $480 in December. It had a 2.0 GHz Pentium M, 15" FlexView IPS screen, fingerprint reader, and 9-cell battery. $350 sounds about right for the one you're looking at getting.

 

$350 is low or at least, that would be American dollars for you guys. Lucky. Things are so expensive in Canada. The $450 price might be more common here for a T43. That sounds like good specs but don't worry about the memory. You can always upgrade that for cheap.

 

So $350 about right for this?
1.86GHz Pentium M Centrino
2GB DDR
60GB 7200rpm
Wireless
DVD Multi-recorder/CD-RW drive
Windows XP Pro
Office Pro 2007

 

sounds about right.

good luck with the buy

 

Exploring,
Memory and CPU are a little low. What are you going to use the disk for and what OS are you going to run? Photoshop, because of cpu demand, doesn't mix well with the others.
Renee