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Low-end Laptops?
cryingpoet writes: "I remember the good old days, before everyone wanted a cell phone or PDA, back when you could buy a used laptop for $80 (USD). Now all the affordable laptops have hit the recycling bins as raw materials for new screens. To make matters worse, the state of the economy has driven companies to stop upgrading and keep all used laptops "in-house." Most used laptops run twice their cpu clock speed in dollars [$ = MHz * 2($/MHz)]. Auction prices seem to be worse than that of wholeseller. So I come to you, /.ers, in the hopes that there are still some used laptop deals to be had. Is there such a thing as a low-end used laptop anymore, and where?"
as long as you can run faster than the security guards at Best Buy.
Also they gave every 7th grader in maine an ibook this year, and those kids usually go down with one punch. :)
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Although it only comes with a basic drawing program and a monochrome screen, many can be found for less than $10. Also nobody at work has noticed that my PDA is really a Game Boy Advance.
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what about ebay? no one has mentioned ebay? has anyone mentioned ebay?
This looks like a WTB ad. Are we posting classified ads on /. now? Can I sell my used laptops and other gear? Wanna buy a firewall? How about my motorcycle?
I had an old 286 laptop like that too.. 40 MB hard drive partitioned as a 32MB C: and an 8MB D:.. Ahhh the good old days of DOS and the 32MB drive limit.. :)
All movements for social change begin as missions, evolve into businesses, and end up as rackets.
Make a trip to your nearest University that gives laptops to all incoming freshmen. Find said freshman and exchange a keg for the laptop. You'll get a decent laptop for about $50.
If your users have a 17" screen and a 10" package, nobody will care if they look like the Borg :D
I believe that should be:
$ = Mhz * 2($/Mhz)
$ = Mhz/Mhz * 2 $
$ = 2 $
Which, if we stop there, is the mathematical basis for Enron.
However this can be simplified to:
$ = 0
Which is the mathematical basis for WTO protesting hippies.
Therefore:
Ken Lay = Dirty Tree Hugger.
at least, that's how i got my laptop ... it's a p2/300 compaq armada 7400 that i payed $150 for ... my landlord evicted one of his other tenants for not paying rent for 4 months... this tenant promptly left the country with no forwarding information, and left a bunch of stuff in the apartment ... clothes, some dirty old dishes, and a perfectly good (albeit a little old) computer ... the landlord held the stuff for whatever time they're supposed to, and got no claim on it ... not wanting to throw out a computer, he came to us (i live with 3 other CS geeks), and i picked it up and gave her a home ... i've easily spent the original price again over in new parts (cdrom drive, keyboard), but little Lola's been good to me ... runs debian linux great, and can get close to 3 hours battery life if i'm careful... that is, in console mode running xemacs (which i use to take notes in class) w/o cdrom and nic plugged in... and by the way, does anyone know a good graphical equation editor in linux? it would've made taking notes in probability and physics much easier and more useful ...
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Real easy to come by, and cheap to! Word of advice tho - don't call the manufacturer for ANY reason, ok? They're, umm, special OEM deals.
Here's the link:
www.igotmylaptopoffthebackofatruck.com
Enjoy!
Derek