I have here an Alienware Sentia M3200 laptop. I used it for about a year then had to get a Mac for school, It hasn't been used in about 6 months. Here is a very good review of it: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/sentia-m3200.ars 12.1" 1280x800 Wide-XGA LCD 1.85GHZ Celeron M processor 1GB DDR2 5300 (667mhz) RAM S-video, 4-pin Firewire, 2 USB 2.0 ports, 4-in-1 media card reader, S/PDIF speaker port, Express Card slot, VGA out The Good -Excellent screen, absolutely gorgeous and perfect, its the best 12 inch laptop display I have ever seen. No dead pixels scratches or any flaws. -Very nice travelling/tuning/etc computer, extremely lightweight and compact, it feels like it almost weighs nothing. It was great for the car and traveling. -In very good condition minus some little stuff. Visually looks perfect, no scratches, no screen damage, no keyboard issues. The Bad -The battery doesn't hold much charge anymore since it sat unplugged in or unused for about 8 months. It would need to be replaced, they go for about $40. -My roomba dragged it off of the coffee table once by its power cord and it suffered a small split in the case in the lower right corner. It isn't a big deal and doens't mess with the looks at all, but in the same incident the USB port ont hat side broke. It still has 2 perfectly functional USB ports however. -The HD died. I put a 60GB (and more reliable) one in there with a licensed copy of Windows XP. Originally it had an 80GB drive. -The fan is loud. This is supposedly "because its an alienware." Its always been like that since the first time I plugged it in. Its not helicopter blades on a telephone post sounding, its just whiny sounding. Anyways its a very nice little computer, and I'm selling it for a pretty low price. I paid $1,300 1.5 years ago. They're going on ebay in perfect condition for about $900-1000 I'll sell it for $500
Oh man, what a terrible yet lol-tastic story about the Roomba pulling it down. Damn you technology! Thank god for the MagSafe connector on your Mac eh?
Zach, you sure know how to entice someone. I need a laptop, my desktop is a POS. Not wild about the small screen, but I am definitely interested. You coming to Firestone friday?
well the roomba is already up one round. It is amusing to watch it battle the fringes on the rug though. if you let me know a time to meet there I can make it. I've got this listed on craigslist as well (although $50 cheaper here for the mnsubaru hookup) so we'll see if its still around by then. the small screen is something i actually prefer, but it has the resolution of the average 17" monitor so its very good looking. I am more of a small/light/portable laptop person after lugging around a 12 lbs inspiron 8500 with me everywhere for the previous 4 years.
I just can't spring it man. Sorry. I found out it was one of my media harddrives in my desktop killing my computer. Gotta replace that first.
