New Old Stock Dell Inspiron 3800
Posted by Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit | retrobattlestations | View on Reddit | 36 comments
Posted by Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit | retrobattlestations | View on Reddit | 36 comments
_flail_of_ages@reddit
I just had a flashback to when my mom bought a dell laptop & I was able to play AoE2 wherever I wanted. It blew my 10 year old mind. Thanks for the memory & congrats on the great find!
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
Thx 🤜💥🤛
Das_Rote_Han@reddit
I had that laptop also in green - bought in 2000 with Win2k on it. While I loved the laptop electronically it was a piece of crap they eventually replaced under warranty with a Inspiron P4 laptop with much better specs. Which was not a POS and lasted many years.
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
This model is easy for repair, and cheap, i sold this laptops in erly 2000, and repair them in my serwis back then.
Das_Rote_Han@reddit
Yes these were easy repairs. Think I swapped system boards 3 times in 3 years.
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
Me too 😅
campingskeeter@reddit
I have never seen ine with these case batches on it besides the pentiumIII. This was my favorite laptop of all time. I even took my old pemtium laptop apart and painted it blue, when I couldnt afford one yet. I still have both green and blue versions, but the screens have lines out now.
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
I also like this model, lcd for this is cheap, replace is super easy 💪
campingskeeter@reddit
I ended up upgrading to the 8X00, and replaced those screens a couple times. It was great when I first saw a video of a 3800 on Youtube and reallized there were other people that loved these laptops like I did.
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
I also have 8000 series, like 8000,8100,8200, great modular mashine 💪
No-Inspector1678@reddit
Peak and its in green too
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
Yes 😎
King_Corduroy@reddit
Damn that's stylish as fuck. That's from the late 90's?
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
Yes, 1998
Lukeno94@reddit
What a glorious colour - I had no idea they did something like this, beyond the multicoloured trim pieces of the Inspiron 8x00 line and similar machines.
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
This is 2 gen before inspiron 8xxx shows up.
66659hi@reddit
You need to disassemble it and remove the VARTA CMOS battery before it leaks and corrodes everything
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
I already did 🤜💥🤛
sneckit@reddit
daaaamn, mobile dedicated gpu. Baller. How is it for gaming?
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
Great, q2 and q3 work like charm 😎
ChicagoThrowaway422@reddit
I would play so much MechWarrior on that.
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
Yes, Yes, Yes 💪😎👌
arpeas@reddit
wait... new old stock as in you still have the box for it? that would be epic!
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
No, i buy with cds docs hasis and papers, with bag, box not included 😮💨
FacepalmFullONapalm@reddit
Makes me miss the days when laptops were different colors than grey, silver, and black. My dog may like those colors, but blue and green looked so good.
Lenovo and Framework are the only two I can think of that changes it around, but even then Lenovo only really does it on their ideapads
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
Me too, me too😮💨
snickersnackz@reddit
Wow, love the green! It really pops more than the typical black for this style of Dell laptop shell.
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
Yess, looks excelent 😎
PunkyB88@reddit
What an absolute beauty! That greenish tint to the colour is really nice. It's so bizarre to see it looking all fresh with all the stickers and labels looking so new. I bet Win 2K runs well on the P3m.
If you get a chance perhaps you could upload the recovery media to archive.org if it doesn't already exist 👍
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
I i have time, do that, win 2k runs ok on it, but 98 is better for retro gaming, have dos for dos games.
PunkyB88@reddit
Yeah 98 SE is what I use for DOS gaming though I use PCem as I lack a time period accurate machine like this beautiful laptop. Hard to imagine it went all this time unopened or used. I really hope you have fun gaming on it 👍
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
Yes i have, im a colector of retro laptops from era, and have more of this little babys 😎
Morinth39@reddit
Haha, I was going to say it looked brand new.
Stunning!
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
💪😎👌
micksterminator3@reddit
Sexy
Fun-Equivalent-7785@reddit (OP)
Yes 💪😎