[GLLUG] Cheap laptops

[Eric Miller]

I've purchased computers from Affordable a number of times and also
recommend them.

On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 11:19 -0400, Matt Souden wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I'm a fan of a shop down here in Ann Arbor called Affordable Computers. 
> Some of you have seen my refurbished Dell Latitude C600 PIII 850 w/ 
> 256MB RAM (512 now).
> 
> I got it almost 3 years ago for about $800 w/ Mandrake on it... and have 
> beaten on it ever since. Affordable got me into Linux, and they treat me 
> pretty good.
> 
> Their stuff comes w/ a year warranty and the C600 is Linux friendly, 
> easily tinkered with, and proved to me to be rather robust- I'm hard on 
> equipment.
> 
> My machine is going for like $449 with them now.
> http://www.affordablecomputers.com/pages/products.php/8569
> 
> Have fun tonight- I'm going north with the family.
> Sorry to have missed the MythTV night. I was applying Darth Maul face 
> paint for the 12:01 showing.
> (kidding- but we did have that guy in the theater.)
> 
> Matt
> 
> Matt Graham wrote:
> 
> >On Wednesday 25 May 2005 08:51, after a long battle with technology, 
> >Lachniet, Mark wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Yao-Ying Chien wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I am interested in buying a laptop computer. Mainly to run
> >>>Linux, say Redhat 8.0+.  Min CPU speed 700 MHz. If you have
> >>>any, could you please email me the model and your price?
> >>>IBM Thinkpad T22 is my temporary reference point for 
> >>>performance/price. I don't know if it's a good one.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >
> >A T22 should be OK, but you'll probably want to get another stick of RAM 
> >for it.  IBM's laptops all take standard SODIMMs, so no worries there.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>keep an eye on xpbargains.com and you can get a spiffy new one cheap
> >>($600-$700)
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I've been using IBM Thinkpads of various types to run Linux since 2000.  
> >My current machine is an A22p (PIII-900, 384M, 1600x1200 screen, 
> >built-in floppy, CD-RW in Ultrabay) and everything Just Works.  I took 
> >a look on the "refurb/open box deals" section of pricewatch.com and 
> >found that you can get a factory refurbished Thinkpad T30 (P4-1600, 
> >256M, 1024x768 screen, DVD-ROM) for $720.  Reports from 
> >linux-on-laptops.com say that the T30 works well with Fedora Core 3.  
> >
> >Or you can go with the T22.  Whatever works.  If you're willing to wait 
> >~8 months, I'm probably going to be getting a newer laptop and selling 
> >my old A22p for about half of what I paid for it, but you probably 
> >don't want to wait that long!  HTH anyway,
> >
> >  
> >
>