not sure if this is the right section...

[darwins]

has anyone got any ideas where i can get an old p3 or better laptop, for as little as possible, ideally not ebay, as you have no idea what your going to get, and i cant be bothered with the grief

[smirnoff]

well in my EXPERT opinion i dont know!! thought id just respond to your thread ....... mwah!

[Lemon]

what's an old p3 ?

[darwins]

what's an old p3 ?

pentium 3

[MrTempleDene]

there's always this freecycle everyone keeps on about, your only cost is going to pick it up, if it doesn't work, I suppose you either bin it or put it back up on freecycle.

http://www.freecycle.org/display.php?region=United%20Kingdom

but you might have to sift through a lot of crap to get what you want.

[darwins]

been there, we have joined all the local freecycles

[MrTempleDene]

I've heard good things about these people, but never bought from them

http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/

[wokkies]

dh has got a few doesent charge no more than 45 quid some are only a couple of yrs old with xp or me on, some havent got very big hard drives though, not sure on the specs yet, but they work brill on the net, depends what you want it for

[Lemon]

I am useful as a chocolate fireguard on this ! Good luck in finding what you want DR.

[wokkies]

oh and wireless cards are half price atm at maplins 14.99 and you can use anyones internet, lol not that we do

[darwins]

dh has got a few doesent charge no more than 45 quid some are only a couple of yrs old with xp or me on, some havent got very big hard drives though, not sure on the specs yet, but they work brill on the net, depends what you want it for

seeing im talking to the mumszone tech support dept, you will know what i mean when i say that i want it to run carsoft, and be able to use serial port to an obd1 or obd2 port. anything of around the p3 or newer will be fine, ideally with a serial port

[Sarah]

We tend to get most of our stuff from ebay, I know you said not ebay but we think it's fab providing you buy from a reputable buyer with plenty of positive feedback :happy72:

[wokkies]

seeing im talking to the mumszone tech support dept, you will know what i mean when i say that i want it to run carsoft, and be able to use serial port to an obd1 or obd2 port. anything of around the p3 or newer will be fine, ideally with a serial port
WHAT????

[wokkies]

CAN U TELL ME IN A BIT EASIER ENGLISH, LOL, NEVER HEARD OF any of that, but am a bit pissosseled atm

[darwins]

lol, you wouldnt have, obd1 and 2 and car diagnostic ports, and carsoft is a program for reading the info on a car ecu

[smirnoff]

basically he is thinking about starting up on his own as a mechanic, but he ideally needs a laptop that can handle these packages first! And as we are skint adn have 2 of our birthdays and christmas in the next few months there is VERY little spare cash adn we cant afford the risk of a problem with ebay.....

if that makes anyt sense!! LOL

[darwins]

its not my fault, im new to speaking "woman", but i am learning, bare with me, luckily i have suzi here to translate

[darwins]

its not my fault, im new to speaking "woman", but i am learning, bare with me, luckily i have suzi here to translate

err, that sounded wrong, it was meant to be funny, upon reading it again, it sounds more than a tad sarcastic, ooops, sorry

[Ravenfire]

Are there no "firms" selling on EBAY with good feedback that have their own websites as well?

[wokkies]

TELL ME WHAT SPECS YOU NEED AND i'LL TELL YOU WHAT i GOT OR WHAT DH HAS IN THE KITCHEN, oops sorrry was shouting then, lol, actually no they might not be good enough to do all that, then again i have seen comps with really low specs in some garages and they worked, not that i go round garages looking at their computers just notice when waiting for mot's, lol, and they are shouting at the computer, sorry waffle waffle

[smirnoff]

thanks hun, as soon as he gets back ill kick him in your direction!! LOL

[smirnoff]

bump...

or "kick" for marc!!

[darwins]

ooh specs, well p3 or better, cd rom, and idealy a serial port, thats it really, as a lot of the programs will be running in dos....oh one more thing 128 of ram would help and at least 2gig HD (so i can run xp) but thats not important

[wokkies]

well he sez they are only p2's but is m8 has a laptop for the same thing but he sez what programmes was it you was gunna run on it, some of them have 20gig hd and the one thats going tommorrow has 128 plus 64 memory, 20 gig hd, p2 ane wireless card 65quid,

[darwins]

well he sez they are only p2's but is m8 has a laptop for the same thing but he sez what programmes was it you was gunna run on it, some of them have 20gig hd and the one thats going tommorrow has 128 plus 64 memory, 20 gig hd, p2 ane wireless card 65quid,

car diagnostic tools, and car radio decoding software, things like autodata, carsoft etc. i really need a p3

[wokkies]

oops sorry ours wont be any good then unless you can buy a p3 chip to put in the laptop then it makes it expensive though, ssssssooooooorrrryyyyyyyyyyyyy

[darwins]

thats ok, ive got a couple of p2's kicking around here somewhere, but i need a p3, thanks anyway