You might check Ebay for Sony Vaio PCG-505GX's...run linux like a charm, 3 lb superslim, 266 processor (a little old....) upgradable to 96 Mb RAM, disk drive can be updgraded from 2.1 Gb to 60 Gb (according to some sites I've seen online, I personally have upgraded to a 6.4.....), and can hibernate to disk...
not to mention they seem to be going for absurdly low prices compared with what I paid for mine 5 years ago.... -- William Sutton On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Greg Brown wrote: > Peeps: > > I need a laptop. If I have to go through life with $HUGE_COMPANY'S xp > laptop for one more day where I am not able to things like.. oh, USE > THE USB PORT (!!!!) or, um, change my IP address so I can RECOVER A > ROUTER IN DISASTER RECOVERY MODE I think I might start to bash my head > against the wall. And it's brick (and, NO, I can't, for some reason, > become self-managed under XP to do these things as I am a contractor.. > blah blah blah) > > So, I need an inexpensive laptop. Things I need are: > > 1. good screen (no huge lines across it or so many red pixels it looks > like a blood-bath) > 2. Decent processor and RAM (I can always get more ram.. but a good > enough processor to run Ubuntu desktop well enough to get by) > 3. A 9 PIN SERIAL PORT on board.. that's 9 pin.. and it must work (I > *NEED* minicom) > 4. On board RJ-45 would be nice. > 5. Don't care about wireless (though PCMCIA would be good if there is > not on-board 802.11 chip) > 6. The smaller the better, the lighter the better. I don't have much > money so if the thing is a true boat anchor I don't really mind; I'll > just lock it up at work. > 7. I don't even care if the battery drains quickly - as long as it has > a working plug > > That's about it. What do you have that you'd be willing to part with > and how much do you want for it? > > Greg > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
