I'm looking to buy a used laptop - just want the OS later than windows 98 and have MS office on it.
Quote from: Kat Kanning on August 13, 2007, 05:19 AM NHFT
I'm looking to buy a used laptop - just want the OS later than windows 98 and have MS office on it.
How much are you looking to spend? I was going to sell my laptop later in the year, but I might be talked into getting rid of it now. Plus, you get a nice collection of liberty-oriented stickers already attached! ;D
Actually I can't let go of it until I have its replacement lined up, which will be early September, but the stats on it look like this:
Gateway MX6453 15.4" Widescreen Laptop
Windows Vista Home Premium
AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-52 1.6 GHz Processor
2 GB 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
160GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
15.4" LCD Widescreen 1280x800
ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 Graphics
DVD+/-RW Multi-Format Double Layer (up to 8.5 GB) CD/DVD Writer
Media card reader
Built-in Ethernet and Wi-Fi
A bunch more specifications (http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/Q106/BladeK8F/1013913Rsp2.shtml)...
Originally cost $1000 back in January. I'm looking for about $700 now, which is about what I would get off eBay. I might also take an ounce of gold. ;D
Wow, nice! Much more than I'm looking for, though. ^-^ Was looking to spend up to ~$300.
Oh, I wasn't trying to negotiate with him.
Quote from: Kat Kanning on August 13, 2007, 06:40 AM NHFT
Oh, I wasn't trying to negotiate with him.
I think Dan has picked up some used laptops lately that might fit the bill for you. He mentioned something about it Saturday night. You might send him a PM in case he misses this thread. :)
I have them, and I intend to hand them out. But they are all 300MHz machines, sub 10GB hard drives, and incapable of even youtube.
These machines have a pre-9/11 mindset. They have a pre Y2K mindset.
Quote from: Dan on August 13, 2007, 08:24 AM NHFT
I have them, and I intend to hand them out. But they are all 300MHz machines, sub 10GB hard drives, and incapable of even youtube.
These machines have a pre-9/11 mindset. They have a pre Y2K mindset.
They will, however, run Windoze 98 and MS Office (of some vintage), will they not? :)
Might work just fine for us :)
Quote from: Dan on August 13, 2007, 08:24 AM NHFT
I have them, and I intend to hand them out. But they are all 300MHz machines, sub 10GB hard drives, and incapable of even youtube.
These machines have a pre-9/11 mindset. They have a pre Y2K mindset.
I could use one like that. For most things it would work for me. :)
Quote from: Kat Kanning on August 13, 2007, 05:52 AM NHFT
Wow, nice! Much more than I'm looking for, though. ^-^ Was looking to spend up to ~$300.
Dell was recently selling brand new notebooks for $600, so one would think the market for used ones will be within that price range.
Wal Mart ( I know not so loved by all ) has 1.5GHz embedded VIA cpu laptops for $350.
Everyday, on a corner near you. Vista installed.
I'm installing Xubuntu (a linux distro made for low-end by gone computers ). One has a spot of bad ram soldered to the motherboard which requires acrobatics to get around.
-dan
If you don't get a fairly new one, with the capacity built in, make sure it will take a card for WiFi access.
WiFi cards are $10 delivered on eBay. :)