I only have one question: how could you?

Recommendation: You forgot to add "You monster!" to such question, meatbag.

Not me ! I personally hate laptops in general.

I didn't buy it. There is a laptop I am thinking about buying though.. for parts and if it works to have as a backup.

Horun wrote on 2020-02-21, 05:37:

Not me ! I personally hate laptops in general.

Even ones that can be docked and have ISA/PCI slots in the dock as well as 5.25", 3.5" external drive bays and an internal 3.5" drive bay? No, not the Thinkpad dock.

You can turn an Inspiron 8000 into a 8100 by upgrading the CPU, memory, GFX card and installing a Wi-Fi antenna and adaptor. The two are otherwise the same. (Not the 8200 though).

I'm beyond suspicion, I live too far away 😁

What was so special about this laptop?
A quick sold auctions on ebay search gives many sold ones for cheap...

So why didn't you buy it when you had the chance?

kolderman wrote on 2020-02-21, 08:23:

So why didn't you buy it when you had the chance?

I had actually asked the seller a question about it and was waiting for a response when it went poof. Learned my lesson, haha.

aaronkatrini wrote on 2020-02-21, 08:02:

What was so special about this laptop?
A quick sold auctions on ebay search gives many sold ones for cheap...

This laptop has the chipset I want and has a removable/upgradable GPU. And it was clean. Like it looked brand new and the guy wanted $60 for it.

That laptop is the same model, but is listed as "for parts". The one I missed out on was fully intact and functional.

Just look for another, and move on..... And it was not me. I don't have any interest in laptops anyway, unless I need a new daily driver, and a modern one will serve me better. As I am running Linux and want to have horse powers.

EDIT:
Just remember. Of all the people that are shopping computer stuff on eBay. Only a fraction are on Vogons. So the buyer might not even know about this place.

Not I! I'm sniping other people's ISA/PCI cards and CD drives, mostly. We have a stack of old Dell laptops in our storage room at work, so no need to hit eBay for those, if I had any interest -- which I don't. 😉 I did check, and there are no Inspiron 8100s.

brostenen wrote on 2020-02-21, 22:25:

Just look for another, and move on..... And it was not me. I don't have any interest in laptops anyway, unless I need a new daily driver, and a modern one will serve me better. As I am running Linux and want to have horse powers.

EDIT:
Just remember. Of all the people that are shopping computer stuff on eBay. Only a fraction are on Vogons. So the buyer might not even know about this place.

I mean hopefully it was clear that my post was 100% in jest. I hope it was someone from here because it's a great laptop at a steal of a price. I ended up grabbing another one in only slightly worse condition, so all is well on my end.

SirNickity wrote on 2020-02-21, 22:29:

Not I! I'm sniping other people's ISA/PCI cards and CD drives, mostly. We have a stack of old Dell laptops in our storage room at work, so no need to hit eBay for those, if I had any interest -- which I don't. 😉 I did check, and there are no Inspiron 8100s.

You're a good man, Sir Nickity Brown.

SirNickity wrote on 2020-02-21, 22:29:

Not I! I'm sniping other people's ISA/PCI cards and CD drives, mostly.

hey! stop that!

i had an 8200 like that. fantastic machine except the 4500rpm hdd. a ram upgrade was amazing for it.
Id have another if i got the right deal.

Cobra42898 wrote on 2020-02-21, 23:45:

i had an 8200 like that. fantastic machine except the 4500rpm hdd. a ram upgrade was amazing for it.
Id have another if i got the right deal.

4500RPM... good golly. The 8100 I picked up apparently has a 4200 spin in it! Think it might even be worth benching it before and after.

rob8086 wrote on 2020-02-21, 21:34:

kolderman wrote on 2020-02-21, 08:23:

So why didn't you buy it when you had the chance?

I had actually asked the seller a question about it and was waiting for a response when it went poof. Learned my lesson, haha.

I hate that. That happened to me last year. I was asking a guy "is that an Athlon XP or P4 sticker?" and he was being incoherent and slow and meanwhile someone bought it for $25. Now the lowest price for a working one seems, I don't know, $100?

eBay is such a pain at times.

what I hate more is when I make a seller an offer on buy it now items, then get an absolute ridiculous offer back and don't even respond... and some days later I get a message that it has been sold for the same or less than my offer was ^^