Old IBM...??

kaan_is

My friend has an old IBM Pc..( NetVista P4 2.4GHz)..Ram 256MB...HDD 40GB... black SFF desktop need some advice on what to offer..any suggestions please..thanks.

Little_John

Offer in what way? do you want to buy it?

5 magic beans maybe? but you will need to trade a cow to get the beans.

It will make a fine basic PC, web and office should run fine. as it is a P4 you can get away with 256mb of memory but I would recomend wipeing and reinstalling windows from scratch to get the best out of it and if you come accross some extra memory for it upgrade the memory at some point. as for the value, not a lot really I get given PC's of similar spec and I clean them up and flog them on for £50 tops mainly to cover the time I spend working on them. and the fact I know I will get plenty of phone calls asking for support.

kaan_is

sorry..bit unclear....yes to buy from him, i think he's looking for the £75 mark...(been dropping hints)..does include Dvd rom/cd writer..

Little_John

Its up to you then, a dvd writer is only £20 even less. I would look at knocking him down a bit £60 at the tops.

opportunity_cost

Wow, Little John, you're getting £50 for the old 'puters!? And there was me giving them away on Freecycle...

What's your secret? Do you fill the hard drives on those systems you flog with some of those mamories you talk about?

(Sorry LJ, that was just too good a typo to not to make fun of it )

I'd offer £52 and say that's the absolute best I can do. That gives the impression you're not fixated on a certain price and makes the seller think that you are offering as much as you can afford to offer.

Note to self: I must stop watching Relocation, Relocation :rotfl:

Idiophreak

I'd have thought that £50 was pretty generous tbh, especially for a nice, quick, easy sale.

kaan_is

thanks guys for all your support....followed your advice offered £55...."no deal"...bit lost now..anyone know of some cracking deals on refurbs...please??

albertross_2

Is this just a base unit/kb/mouse, or a screen as well? w2000 or xp?

kaan_is

base unit,kb & mouse only."No softwre/os"

albertross_2

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBM-NetVista-P4-1-8GHz-256MB-40GB-Win-2000-license_W0QQitemZ140128199822QQihZ004QQcategoryZ179QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

BeerBelly

50 quid is more than worth it on that box.

We have had all geenrations of those here at work. Pretty reliable.

If he wants £75, see if he will throw some more ram or a lrge HD in there for you.

Mate, it really depnds on your needs and what you are using it for, but NO ONE can grumble at paying 50 for that spec!!