Lenovo Q100

• stargazenow

  8 Apr 07, 10:06

  Anyone has any experience with above pc desktop which is selling at a promotional price of $1,299 with following features:
  
  Intel® Pentium® D Processor 925 (3.0GHz, 4MB L2 Cache)
  - Intel® 945G Chipset
  · Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
  · 512MB DDR2 SDRAM
  · 160GB SATA HDD (7200rpm)
  · DVD±RW Drive (CD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD-RW) - Dual Layer
  · USB ports: Rear 4; Front 1
  · ATi X1300Pro 256MB Graphic Card
  · Integrated Ethernet LAN
  · 8-in-1 Multicard Reader (SD, MMC, CF, MD, SM, MS, MS Pro, MS DUO)
  · IEEE1394
  · Front Mic-in & Audio-output
  · One-Key Recovery
  · Lenovo Digital Media Platform
  · Norton Antivirus^ / WinDVD / RecordNow!
  · PS/2 Keyboard / USB Optical Mouse
  · 2.0 Speakers (In the DT box)
  · 1 year on-site warranty
  
  Is above a good buy ? or are there alternative brands pc desktop that gives better value for the above price. Appreciate advice
  
  
• Conner MacDermott

  8 Apr 07, 10:51

  The combination looks quite good to me. But, check with the vendor if you need MS Office. From experience, some vendors will throw in MS Office in the package at a discounted rate just to clinch your business.
• nightzip

  8 Apr 07, 10:52

  Originally posted by stargazenow:

  Anyone has any experience with above pc desktop which is selling at a promotional price of $1,299 with following features:
  
  Intel® Pentium® D Processor 925 (3.0GHz, 4MB L2 Cache)
  - Intel® 945G Chipset
  · Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
  · 512MB DDR2 SDRAM
  · 160GB SATA HDD (7200rpm)
  · DVD±RW Drive (CD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD-RW) - Dual Layer
  · USB ports: Rear 4; Front 1
  · ATi X1300Pro 256MB Graphic Card
  · Integrated Ethernet LAN
  · 8-in-1 Multicard Reader (SD, MMC, CF, MD, SM, MS, MS Pro, MS DUO)
  · IEEE1394
  · Front Mic-in & Audio-output
  · One-Key Recovery
  · Lenovo Digital Media Platform
  · Norton Antivirus^ / WinDVD / RecordNow!
  · PS/2 Keyboard / USB Optical Mouse
  · 2.0 Speakers (In the DT box)
  · 1 year on-site warranty
  
  Is above a good buy ? or are there alternative brands pc desktop that gives better value for the above price. Appreciate advice
  
  

  ok lah...the thing is that its a passe Pentium D, but you must know that Pentium D speed is faster than Core Duo's so its single processor speed is faster. 160gb storage is good, esp at 7200rpm. See if they can upgrade XP Home to XP Pro for free, then its good.
  
  Ask for free upgrade to 1Gb ram at least, else 512 is obsolete. My laptop is 1gb ram since 2003! That's the most i can go cuz of motherboard limitation.
  
• nightzip

  8 Apr 07, 10:53

  Conner is right! Ask the vendor to put in pre-loaded softwares, like Office, even adobe, and symantec or trend micro anti-virus programs.
• manyu882

  8 Apr 07, 13:26

  got LCD screen or not
• Conner MacDermott

  8 Apr 07, 15:51

  Depends on your bargaining skills.
  
  I got a free hard drive once.
• WiNtEr'SkiLL

  8 Apr 07, 15:55

  well yeah.. memory is indeed very impt... 1 gb of Ram is essential
• Conner MacDermott

  8 Apr 07, 16:09

  Originally posted by WiNtEr'SkiLL:

  well yeah.. memory is indeed very impt... 1 gb of Ram is essential

  Make it 2 GB, if you have spare cash.
• WiNtEr'SkiLL

  8 Apr 07, 16:18

  is 2 gb the max ?