Dell has a site (you'll have to Google it) where they sell their off-lease notebooks thru E-bay. Best prices I've seen, you get to pick your specs, and you're protected. Randy Donohoe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General Linux discussion and help" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:53 PM Subject: <OT> anyone looking to sell their laptop?
> my trusty (really) old Sony Vaio died over the weekend (won't power on > at all), so i'm looking to purchase a replacement, but i'm on a budget. > does anyone have a laptop that is fully functional, that they'd be > willing to sell me with the following minimum specs: > * PIII-600Mhz > * 256MB RAM > * 10GB HDD > * CDROM drive (DVD would be a nice bonus) > * real modem *OR* two PCMCIA slots > * 1024x768 @16bpp > * lightweight (no 10lb monsters) > * will run linux without any crazy hacks or limitations > > i'd also pay shipping if you're not in the San Francisco Bay area. so, > if you've got one that you're interested in selling, please contact me > off list with specs & how much you'd like for it. > > I'd also consider purchasing a new laptop, but my budget is limited to > roughly US$1000, so it might be difficult to find something in that > area. If anyone has recommendations, i'd love to hear them. I'd really > rather not go to eBay, as i've heard way too many nightmare stories of > folks getting scammed on computer hardare there. thanks. > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com > > 6:45pm up 22 days, 19:15, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
