Cheap laptop: Dell D830 or HP 6730b?
Posted: 15 Nov 2012, 20:05
I am looking for a cheap laptop and have these lined up (feel free to sell me yours!):
Dell D830
It is well looked after (apparently), with working battery, but a slow CPU. I might be able to get a good CPU (T9300) for R200 or so. That would be on top of the laptop price of R1120 shipping included.
HP 6730b
It works, but it's battery is dead. A new one on eBay (9 Cell) costs R300 about, but it will take a month to get here. It comes with a 120GB HDD (D830 only 80GB). It goes for R1100 and I will be picking it up.
So not too sure about this. The Dell also has a bit of an inferior onboard GPU, though it is only supposed to be able to run XP with basic Office work and some basic Corel Draw work.
I am edging towards the HP for the moment.
Advice?
Dell D830
It is well looked after (apparently), with working battery, but a slow CPU. I might be able to get a good CPU (T9300) for R200 or so. That would be on top of the laptop price of R1120 shipping included.
HP 6730b
It works, but it's battery is dead. A new one on eBay (9 Cell) costs R300 about, but it will take a month to get here. It comes with a 120GB HDD (D830 only 80GB). It goes for R1100 and I will be picking it up.
So not too sure about this. The Dell also has a bit of an inferior onboard GPU, though it is only supposed to be able to run XP with basic Office work and some basic Corel Draw work.
I am edging towards the HP for the moment.
Advice?