Re: Used Laptops (was Re: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL)
On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 21:02 -0500, Jason Stephenson wrote: I'm CCing my reply to the list because it sounds like Christopher meant for his question to go to the list. Christopher Chisholm wrote: I've been keeping my eyes out for an old laptop HD for a while.. I really want one of those USB 2.0 enclosures on a small drive, but the ones they sell are crazy over priced. I just want something like 5 gigs or more for some music/work files. Does anyone know of a good place to look for something like this? I usually check e-bay the past few times I've looked there wasn't really anything very cheap. I've not seen very good prices on laptop hard drives. They always cost more than 3.5 drives. About the only way to get them for cheap is to take them out of your old notebook when you get a new one, or if you put a bigger drive in your notebook.--I got mine when my old laptop stopped booting. I found some decent USB 2.0 enclosures at CompUSA. They're by Norwood Micro, and look kind of like an iPod. They're white plastic with aluminum cooling fins. Also, unlike most of the other enclosures I've seen, they don't require a second USB power adaptor. It gets all its juice on the one USB line. I've been using it for over a week now with good results. They cost about $25. I've been very happy with the HotDrive enclosure for laptop sized drives. Nice solid construction and the same kind of power from the computer as described above. http://froogle.google.com/froogle_cluster?q=hotdrive+enclosurepid=4900696283346233720oid=13700690154894598748btnG=Search+Frooglescoring=mrd (I paid $40 some time ago) Mine has both USB and Firewire ports. I bought it largely for data recovery purposes so that I could shift a 2.5 inch drive around with the same ease that I shift 3.5 inch drives. My daughter has it right now. She just upgraded her laptop to Linux and saved all her old Windows data in the HotDrive. thanks! -chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss -- Lloyd Kvam Venix Corp ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Used Laptops (was Re: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL)
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. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux Unix ICQ 28611923 / AIM abreauj / JABBER [EMAIL PROTECTED] / YAHOO abreauj Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Used Laptops (was Re: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL)
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. TigerDirect has reconditioned IBM T23's for $500 -- used with some protection and not a bad system. -- Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Used Laptops (was Re: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL)
John Abreau wrote: 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. I thought of ebay, but I've not used my ebay id in about 6 years, and I'd rather not go that route. I found a couple sites today that sell refurbished laptops and they even offer warranties. Www.usanotebook.com looked like a pretty good place to go online. I think I'll do some looking around in the Salem (NH) area. I'll check out Microseconds and PCMax. It's funny, in a way. For $700 dollars you can get a brand new, low-end notebook, or you can get a mid-range notebook that is one or two years old that has better specs than the brand new one. I'm definitely going the used route this time around, as it is not going to be my primary computer system. Cheers, Jason ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Used Laptops (was Re: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL)
I'm CCing my reply to the list because it sounds like Christopher meant for his question to go to the list. Christopher Chisholm wrote: I've been keeping my eyes out for an old laptop HD for a while.. I really want one of those USB 2.0 enclosures on a small drive, but the ones they sell are crazy over priced. I just want something like 5 gigs or more for some music/work files. Does anyone know of a good place to look for something like this? I usually check e-bay the past few times I've looked there wasn't really anything very cheap. I've not seen very good prices on laptop hard drives. They always cost more than 3.5 drives. About the only way to get them for cheap is to take them out of your old notebook when you get a new one, or if you put a bigger drive in your notebook.--I got mine when my old laptop stopped booting. I found some decent USB 2.0 enclosures at CompUSA. They're by Norwood Micro, and look kind of like an iPod. They're white plastic with aluminum cooling fins. Also, unlike most of the other enclosures I've seen, they don't require a second USB power adaptor. It gets all its juice on the one USB line. I've been using it for over a week now with good results. They cost about $25. thanks! -chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Used Laptops (was Re: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL)
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. Cheers, Jason ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
