Selling my laptop, need advice

[Jblack4083]

I'm here selling my Sony Vaio and I need to knwo how much I should sell it for. The Stats are as follows:

1.5 GHz Pentium M Centrino Processor
512Mb of RAM
15.4" X-Brite widescreen
4x DVD-RW Drive
Windows XP Pro SP2
64Mb ATi Mobility Radeon 9200

And I'm including Macromedia Suite (Flash MX, Freehand, etc...), as well as Adobe CS3 Suite, and Windows Vista Business, if the user wants it. I might also thrown in Tune Up Utilities 2007.

I want to sell this on Craigslist or on a forum or something.

It's also in good condition, no cracks, scratches on the screen, dents. Just one small mark like about a half inch on the perimeter of the laptop where the paint had rubbed off. I have pictures also I might post up

[aximbigfan]

i would say its worth about $350 usd. the 9200 really throws it off though. if i were you i would
*boot n' nuke the hdd
*reinstall windows/drivers ONLY
*burn the installer files for the other software on a cd

nobody likes getting a laptop with all sorts of stuff on it. when you give the cd liek that, it gives the user a choice.

chris

[Jblack4083]

Oh yeah thats what I plan to do. I'm going to include all that software on discs and am going to
set the computer to factory settings.

what is boot n nuke?

[zekrahminator]

Hey, here's an idea.

Ship it to me.

Then you won't have to worry about that laptop anymore :roll:.


Okay, seriously now. I'm a little interested in that laptop. Tell me a price you're willing to sell it for, where you live, and we might be able to work something out :).

[aximbigfan]

Oh yeah thats what I plan to do. I'm going to include all that software on discs and am going to
set the computer to factory settings.

what is boot n nuke?

boot n nuke is a live disk, that you boot from. it erases your hdd COMPLETELY. that way, you dont have to worry about the next guy in line pulling your personal data off of it.

what i would recommend isfor you to boot for mthe disk, and run it over night. put the laptop up between 2 blocks for cooling, plug it in, and just let it go over night, or for about 12 hours. that basically garentees that your data is unrecoverable to someone who does have high powered forensics quality recovering software.


chris

[Jblack4083]

I'm going to look into that. So i get Book n Nuke and put it on a CD which is in my computer whilst im booting it up? And I live in NYC and am not looking for much for it. I don't know how much though thats why I posted here. I have pics if you want.

[aximbigfan]

I'm going to look into that. So i get Book n Nuke and put it on a CD which is in my computer whilst im booting it up? And I live in NYC and am not looking for much for it. I don't know how much though thats why I posted here. I have pics if you want.

yes.

download BAN here:
http://dban.sourceforge.net/

then use ISO recorder (google it) and burn it to a disk. then, boot the pc up, and put the disk in.
then turn the computer off and start it again. if the computer doesn't boot form the disk, the post back here.

chris

[Jblack4083]

is 500 good?

[aximbigfan]

is 500 good?

no. i would say about $350, maybe less.

cpu= ok, it is kind of old though
ram= no. the standard today is 1gb (1024mb)
GFX= no. not DX9 compatible, not upgradeable
screen= ok
optical drive= too slow. it is writtabe so that is a good thing though.
win xp pro sp2 =ok

chris

[Jblack4083]

ok thanks. I'll probably push for 400

[aximbigfan]

ok thanks. I'll probably push for 400

you can try, im not sure anyone will bite though. i say $350 is the max though.
maybe if you through something else in extra though, like a free mouse...


chris

[a111087]

ehh.. people could buy a brand new laptop for $400 today, but the good thing about your lappy is CPU.
btw, hob big is your hdd?