twistedfocus1647545489 Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 1Ghz Pentium III Compaq Armada M700 Laptop and Dock http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/twistedfocus/LapFront.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/twistedfocus/LapRear.jpg $150 Includes full featured Docking Station Docking station has hookups for everything – Video, Sound, Printer port, USB, Ethernet etc. Screen looks good. Very little scuffing and no dead pixels. I think this is a 15.4". CDRW Drive and Floppy Drive included 20G Hard drive Cheapy laptop bag. It's seen better days, but it holds all the stuff except the dock and has lots of pockets (no pic). Power cord and 3 batteries included – All are in varying stages of death, so it could use a new battery. I actually had 2 of this same machine and had been using the other one with a new battery (they can be had on ebay for $35) and would typically get about 3 hours or so with it unplugged and running a PCMCIA wireless card browsing the net. Software: It has Windows XP Pro (not "Genuine" but still does critical updates), Office XP (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc), Photoshop 7, Nero, Norton Anti-Virus and plenty more to make it a great backup machine or for school or even EFI tuning. Does not come with the PCMCIA Wireless card pictured, but if you want it, I'll throw it in for $20. The drivers are already installed and I have the disk. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/twistedfocus/Wireless.jpg The bad: 1-When I got both of these machines, they wouldn’t charge consistently. Upon dismantling one of them I found it had a weak solder joint on the power plug to the board. Apparently this is a known issue with these over years of misuse (yanking the cord at all angles, weakening the joint). Anyway, if you can solder and are capable of taking the machine apart and putting it back together you can fix it right up for free. I am not a pro and had no issues with the other one – it has been running great for about 6 months and still going strong. I actually wish I had fixed this one because the one I fixed turned out to have a blown speaker and these sound fine. 2-You'll want to get a new battery unless you plan to use it docked only. Just look up one on eBay and make sure you get the 46Ahr battery (I think some weaker ones are offered). Also of note, since this machine charges fine while on the dock, if you buy a new battery you could avoid fixing the plug if you're okay with only charging it on the dock. Overall this thing runs very well for such an "outdated" machine. I have been very happy with it (well I have been mostly using its twin, but same machine) and it has served me very well. I have actually used it several times to VPN into work and was surprised that it kept up just fine. The only reason I am replacing it is I am a squirrel and have had the itch to get a new one for a long time even though I don’t need anything more. So, I have a new one on the way, so I just don’t need this one anymore. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/twistedfocus/DockedOpen.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/twistedfocus/Docked1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/twistedfocus/Docked2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/twistedfocus/DockOnly.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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