decent used laptops

[Zane H. Healy]

At 4:00 PM -0700 9/25/07, David Griffith wrote:
>A professor has asked me where one can find decent used laptops.  That is,
>he needs something close enough to the bleeding edge where he can run
>current applications, but far enough away that he won't have to pay much.

How close to bleeding edge would that be?  I use an IBM T41p for 
work, and it while it is fast enough, RAM is starting to become an 
issue (not worth trying to upgrade as the laptop should soon be 
replaced), and it is flaky (mainly because my original died, and was 
replaced with one of the same model that was someones old trashed 
garbage).

Looking at the local place that sells used laptops I can see that for 
what they want for a model this old, you'd almost be better off 
buying a new laptop once you factor in wear and tear.

Has he considered looking for laptops being clearanced out?  Hmmm, 
that could be of interest to me as well.  Not sure where you would 
look.

Zane


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