Presario B3800 Questions

Stubish · 19th July 2005, 9:18 AM

Hey all,
I'm looking at a presario B3800 lappy at the moment. Quick specs are Dothan1.8ghz, 80gb, 1gb, 128mb 9700, 15" @ 1024x768 (extra brite).

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What should I be paying for one of these? Has anybody had any experience with them (good or bad?)

Thanks!

Stu Bish

Onyx · 19th July 2005, 12:07 PM

Have a look at the Laptop quality, reliability, service thread here - the Presario model name falls under HP's consumer/home division, so you would expect to receive inferior after-sales service when the device fails. Also, get to know Hindu, you might communicate better with their call centre support.

My Presario purchase fell into this trap - it's a dead ringer for HP's NC4000 "business" series notebook in Australia, however because it was purchased overseas marketted under the Compaq Presario name, I got right royally shafted when it came to warranty.

1024x768 on a 15" is really not that high res - and if you're fussy you might just pick out the individual pixels when viewed at standard viewing distances as a blocky/grainy LCD.

radz74 · 22nd July 2005, 1:51 AM

My girlfriend bought one of these around 3 months ago.
She has been happy with it and had no probs.
Battery life is good and i think it was a pretty good buy for $2300 new.
Ebay seems to have afew listed at the moment but the seller seems the sale seems abit dodgy (They usually sell underwear and they have wrong specs listed).
So if this is where you are looking i would be cautious.

19th July 2005, 9:18 AM	#1
Stubish Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 86	Presario B3800 Questions Hey all, I'm looking at a presario B3800 lappy at the moment. Quick specs are Dothan1.8ghz, 80gb, 1gb, 128mb 9700, 15" @ 1024x768 (extra brite). Link What should I be paying for one of these? Has anybody had any experience with them (good or bad?) Thanks! Stu Bish

19th July 2005, 12:07 PM	#2
Onyx Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: NSW Posts: 3,802	Have a look at the Laptop quality, reliability, service thread here - the Presario model name falls under HP's consumer/home division, so you would expect to receive inferior after-sales service when the device fails. Also, get to know Hindu, you might communicate better with their call centre support. My Presario purchase fell into this trap - it's a dead ringer for HP's NC4000 "business" series notebook in Australia, however because it was purchased overseas marketted under the Compaq Presario name, I got right royally shafted when it came to warranty. 1024x768 on a 15" is really not that high res - and if you're fussy you might just pick out the individual pixels when viewed at standard viewing distances as a blocky/grainy LCD. __________________ Q9300@3.0Ghz, Asus P5Q-E, Kingston HyperX DDR2-1066 4GB, Gigabyte GTX260+, 2xWD5000AAKS RAID-0 boot volume, Seasonic S12+ 550W PSU in Gigabyte Poseidon case. Dell E248WFP 24" monitor.

22nd July 2005, 1:51 AM	#3
radz74 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 337	My girlfriend bought one of these around 3 months ago. She has been happy with it and had no probs. Battery life is good and i think it was a pretty good buy for $2300 new. Ebay seems to have afew listed at the moment but the seller seems the sale seems abit dodgy (They usually sell underwear and they have wrong specs listed). So if this is where you are looking i would be cautious. Last edited by radz74; 22nd July 2005 at 2:04 AM.