Needed advice on F500 LAPTOP

is it smart to buy it off of ebay

i really do not know if its worth taking a shot at it for 200 as i do need a laptop that is running and not something that is out of date, since its going to be used for collage, and if not is there any other laptops i need to be looking at.

this is what he says about it, and sorry for caps..


HERE WE HAVE A COMPAQ (F500)(F557) LAPTOP AMD 64 SEMPRON 3500+ CPU 512 RAM 100 GIG HDD CD-RW DVD ROM...NVIDIA GRAPHICS 2GO 6100 BATTERY WORKS BUT NOT GUARENTEED HOW LONG..LAPTOP DOES NOT HAVE POWER ADAPTOR WINDOWS XP HOME INSTALLED...WE DONT HAVE POWER ADAPTOR FOR ITEM ITEM HAD ABOUT A HALF HOUR CHARGE ON BATTERY TO GET SPECS...SOLD ASIS NO WARRANTY OR REFUNDS.....WE DONT KNO ANYTHING ABOUT LAPTOP OTHER THEN THE SPECS...PICTURE IS FOR REPRESENTATION PURPOSES BUT SAME MODEL AND DISCRIPTION ITEM SCREEN IS PERFECT NO DEAD PIXELS SEEN TO THE EYE..MINOR SCRATCHES ON OUTER SHELL...THIS LAPTOP HERE ON EBAY SELLS FOR ALMOST 405.00....BUY HERE LESS...FREE UPS GROUND SHIPPING TO THE 48 USA STATES....DONT MISS THIS DEAL...NO RESERVE AUCTION..HAPPY HOLIDAYS..........NO POWER ADAPTOR IS WITH ITEM WE DONT HAVE ONE FOR IT.....

can some one tell me if its worth it??

Thank You for reading