second hand laptop

[rungumrun]

i have been offered the following laptop for £175, is this a good deal
14” TFT Screen Blue & Silver Notebook (slightly scruffy)
Intel Celeron 1.7Ghz CPU
20Gb Hard Disk
512Mb Memory
Windows XP Professional
Power supply
Battery with between 1 & 2 hours life
Windows XP COA on sticker
Works Suite including Word
Norton Anti-Virus 2005
DVD / CDRW Combo drive
2 x USB ports
Infra Red port
Internal 56K modem
PCMCIA Slot
Parallel Port
External Monitor Port
S-Video output

appreciate any advice as i know very little about laptops but need something portable and able to produce local primary school newletter.

[Voodle]

It looks like a fair deal for that price, I'm guessing it would be a Pentium 4 based celeron rather than a Pentium M celeron, so the battery life looks about right.
It's cheaper than what you'd find on ebay for similar prices and it's all set up to run win XP well

[Sinizter]

Fair deal for the price I think.

[CrazyMonkey]

Yeah good deal im selling a same one basically (40gb HDD,Wireless, XP pro,Office and 1 year NOD32) but mine has some cracks around the casing of the screen ( no damage to screen atall, system is in great order)
for around £150-£175 now im thinking its a steal, but the cracks are pretty dam bad.

[idlewild]

Once laptop get to around that price they don't tend to depreciate much anymore. Theres plenty of pentium 3 laptops that go on ebay for that sorta price.
I'd take it.

[alsenior]

Once laptop get to around that price they don't tend to depreciate much anymore. Theres plenty of pentium 3 laptops that go on ebay for that sorta price.
I'd take it.

true my p3 latitude c610 would sell for around £250.

what i would check for it to make sure the hinges are tight and are sturdy. hinges fail and they are a pain to find and replace.

[rungumrun]

thankyou everyone for the feedback