[ILUG] linux laptops...

[Philip Trickett]

kevin lyda wrote:

> ok, i'm looking for a very simple laptop.
>
> important:
> disk (2 gigs+), memory (32m+), floppy, pcmcia, long battery life, light.
>
> not important:
> video (text only use), audio, cdrom.
>
> i saw a laptop at dixons.  £500 for a ti notebook with floppy, 16m of
> ram, 1.6 gig hd, but no power supply.  in general i don't want to spend
> a ton of money, but i don't want a ton of features.
>

If that was the Dixons in the Jervis centre (is there one anywhere else?),
that laptop has NO guarantee due to it being a managers special.  I would look
at some of the lower range DELL laptops, like the Inspiron 3000, or the Sony
VAIO 700 series, and Compustore (who, they of inflated prices) do a compaq
laptop for ~999. (So you could probably find it a fair bit cheaper elsewhere,
seeing as a SoundBlaster Live (which is a dog by the way) costs £175 pounds
there, but it costs £125 in GAME (Sorry)).

Hope that helps
Phil

>
> any ideas who to look at?  any stores do used laptops?
>
> kevin
>
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