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?"

Comments

there's always a deal to be found...

[thitcho]

as long as you can run faster than the security guards at Best Buy.

Re:there's always a deal to be found...

[Cheetah86]

You might also need to run faster than the salespeople too... 'Hi, it seems you're stealing this laptop right now. Would you like a 3-year warrantee on it? It will protect it from all normal wear and tear...'

Ebay

[spookysuicide]

I know this is a really obvious answer, but I've bought two used laptops from ebay, and got pretty great deals on both.

Also they gave every 7th grader in maine an ibook this year, and those kids usually go down with one punch. :)