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g4baker · 10:19 PM

SOLD. Thanks everyone!

g4baker · Jan 10, 2004, 07:35 PM

Another thing that REALLY interests me: The 12-inch 867 MHz PowerBooks. I just need a combo drive, so if you have one of these, it's almost guaranteed that I'll trade. Email or write back if you have anything!

Aaron Baker

wildcard · Jan 11, 2004, 08:08 AM

You'll probably want to mention the video card stats (as a lot of wintel laptops have crappy main-memory-sharing chipsets that don't do 3d gaming or apps very well)...

I looked up your Dell Inspiron 5100 (link: http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Dell_In...html?tag=aisle )
and found that is has an ATI Radeon 7500 (the same card in the 667/800 G4 Powerbooks and the 800 G3 Ibooks) with 32 MB video ram so this thing should be decent for gaming type apps....

wildcard · Jan 11, 2004, 08:10 AM

You'll probably want to mention the video card stats (as a lot of wintel laptops have crappy main-memory-sharing chipsets that don't do 3d gaming or apps very well)...

I looked up your Dell Inspiron 5100 (link: http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Dell_In...html?tag=aisle )
and found that is has an ATI Radeon 7500 (the same card in the 667/800 G4 Powerbooks and the 800 G3 Ibooks)with 32 MB video ram so this thing should be decent for gaming type apps....

g4baker · Jan 11, 2004, 06:56 PM

Wildcard,

Ohhh yeah...thank you for listing that! Actually, mine is 16 MB..not the best for games, but it is totally OFF of the motherboard. Let me know!

Aaron Baker
abaker[at]seburntech.com

Lateralus · Jan 11, 2004, 07:38 PM

(Nevermind)

g4baker · Jan 11, 2004, 07:44 PM

Hey PowerMacMan,

What were you going to say? Please feel free to, I promise I won't get offended or anything....

Take care,

Aaron Baker

robo74 · Jan 11, 2004, 08:25 PM

Well, I am not sure what others are going to say, but I think that laptop (from what I can tell on eBay) is worth about $800, maybe a little more with the extra ram. PC's dont hold there value much. So looking to trade for a 12in 867 might be a little overkill.

In my opinion, I would say to sell that machine outright and look for a good deal on a refurb iBook or something. Whatever you can afford.

Thats just my .02 tho.

Good luck with it.

Rob

Lateralus · Jan 11, 2004, 08:35 PM

Oh.

I was just going to ask if it was a 16MB GeForce or Radeon. But if I had read Wildcards second paragraph about it being a R7500, I wouldn't have had to asked.

g4baker · Jan 11, 2004, 09:02 PM

Oh I see.

Guys please help me out here...I want to trade for a Mac desktop and LCD screen...it's a very nice laptop, and well worth the trade. ANYTHING, ANY TRADE you can think of that you have....please email it to me, or post here. Thanks.

Aaron Baker
abaker[at]seburntech.com

g4baker · Jan 11, 2004, 10:56 PM

Rob, I didn't notice your post at first...thank you for the advice. I've been seeing these go for about $900 on eBay, some for more, some for less. I added the RAM about a week and a half ago (to 1 GB). I paid $232 from Crucial to do so.

Because a few people have asked me to post a price, I would also accept $1000 + shipping for it. As always, price is negotiable...but this does come with a case, and I can throw in a lot of other goodies that you might either be able to use or sell, including: DLink 802.11b wireless card, 2 128 MB PC2100 SODIMMS pulled from the Dell to make 1 GB RAM, desktop PC100 RAM, etc. Please let me know.

Thanks,

Aaron Baker
abaker[at]seburntech.com

g4baker · Jan 12, 2004, 09:27 AM

Good morning. I have changed some things in the main post, as well as added a price. Please let me know!

Aaron Baker
abaker[at]seburntech.com

g4baker · Jan 12, 2004, 05:03 PM

Lowered to $950 + shipping.