Used Laptops (was Re: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL)
John Abreau
jabr at blu.org
Thu Mar 9 10:25:01 EST 2006
Jason Stephenson wrote:
> Ted Roche wrote:
>
>> At Monday's CentraLUG meeting, Steve Amsden was showing off LTSP. He
>> said the laptops he was using were for sale in bulk for $240 each.
>> Used beaters, and not cutting edge, but the prices are getting amazing!
>
> Speaking of used laptops. My 6+ years old Compaq laptop stopped booting
> recently. After doing the usual perambulations and sacrifices, and it
> still not working, I yanked the hard drive and slapped that in a nice
> little USB case to carry about with me.
>
> So, I'm in the market for an inexpensive laptop that works, and that
> would mostly work with Linux or FreeBSD.--If the crappy winmodem won't
> work, I won't care, so long as the hardware is still functional and it
> has working ethernet or PCCARD slot for my ethernet card.
>
> I'm wondering if anyone knows of good sources for working, used laptops.
I've had good luck with eBay. I picked up an old Thinkpad there a few
years back for about $180, and it still works well today.
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