For what it's worth, I have 2 Latitude's. One is an old P1 233 about 4 years old in almost constant use and never so much as coughed once. The other a P3 700mhz,bought six months ago that so far has been totally reliable. Have a look on the dell website in the second hand section it will give you a good idea of it's worth.My only real complaint is the outer plastic case feels fragile, compared to say a Compaq. The P111 has been so good that I sold off my desktop and bought a docking station,releases a huge amount of desk space.Last thing it's not light weight compared to some like the Sony, so it makes you thing about lugging it around to far.One other thing I never carry it around in the bag supplied by Dell or any other bag that looks remotely like a lapcase bag, I've met so many folk over the years that have been relieved of them, if you get my drift.