10 inch laptop

TJay — Fri, 25 May 2007 19:54:49 +0800

Hihi sorry for starting a new topic, but I'm not strictly buying a _new_ latop after all :D Actually I find threads like the pinned "Looking for new notebook" thread hard to follow also...

Anyway, I'm looking for a 10-inch screen laptop. Must be 10-inch with 4:3 aspect ratio. Must be like this cos i'm gonna chop it up and stick my Wacom onto it But very susah to find la 10" lappie... Most that I found are 12" one. My wacom http://www.wacom-asia.com/products/graphire/graphire3_4.html so the laptop screen must be 5.94" x 8.22" size. Or slightly smaller. I dunno yet what I should do if it's slightly bigger.

Old laptops I found IBM Thinkpad 240. Got one at Lelong, but Celeron 400 only... Anyone know if the processor can be upgraded? Or is it soldered onto the mainboard? But this laptop... 192MB ram only, not sure if it's enough... And the starting bid is rm700. Do you guys think this is reasonable? The prices I see seem to fluctuate wildly depending on the seller, but this one seems 1-200 ringgit too high to my wallet-constrained eyes. But then again this is the only 10-incher I saw on Lelong, and last year LYN got one at rm8++, so maybe it's the right price.

Other than that I only found a new Fujitsu P7230. And new Fujitsus are too expensive for me!! Anyway that fujitsu is wide screen. Humm....

My budget I think, is less than RM1k. Cos I've never chopped up a laptop or a wacom before and i duwan to screw up on an expensive laptop

Anyone knows any 10-inchers I can get for less than RM1000? The cheaper the better loh... I'm super no-money one... plus old laptop, sure have to upgrade HDD at least, and old components frustratingly expensive

Tqtq

tqtq again

EDIT:

The specs for the one on Lelong.com.my:

Processor Intel Celeron 400MHz
Installed Memory 192 MB (SDRAM)
Hard Drive 6.4GB IDE
Display 10.4 in. TFT Active Matrix
Display Color Support 24-bit (16.7 million colors)
Display Max. Resolution 800 x 600
Audio Output Type Sound card
Modem Type Fax / Modem
Input Method Keyboard • Trackpoint
Width 10.24 in
Depth 7.88 in
Height 1.06 in
Weight 1.3 kg (with battery)

The RAM is already max for this model I think. Max resolution 800x600 also quite disappointing... HDD needs upgrading... $$$

Does anyone know what ports this thing has? USB1.1? 100mbps Ethernet? etc?

Tqtq again again

EDIT: Haha sorry edit again Got the specs here just missed half the page http://www.ciao.co.uk/IBM_ThinkPad_240__17167#productdetail
I guess I'll have to get a PCMCIA usb hub. Are those things powered or unpowered?

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