[sllug-members]: Used laptop recommendations

[brian Beck]

My daughter is looking for a laptop for high school, where is a good
place to look for one?

Brian

On 6/2/07, Jared Barneck <jared at bsdcertification.com> wrote:
> Remo Mattei wrote:
> > I love the T series. However I have a t43 and it does not like other
> > Harddrives that are not IBM certified.. but the other had no problems..
> >
> Only a few wireless cards work too. They have a BIOS check and won't
> even boot with an unsupported BIOS, though there are BIOS hacks online
> (I used one) that fix this.
> > My 2 cents,
> > Remo
> >
> > Eric Swenson wrote:
> >> Jeremy,
> >>
> >> I've had good luck in the past with picking up refurbished Thinkpads
> >> from various sources online.  There's a very strong, thriving market in
> >> refurbished Thinkpads, especially the 'T' series.  Right now I'd look at
> >> T40's (T40, T41, T42, T43, etc) because they were built very solidly and
> >> on average have a much longer lifespan than most PC laptop.  They're
> >> also well loved by many linux users to boot, so compatibility isn't
> >> usually an issue.
> >>
> >> Good luck,
> >> Eric
> >>
> >> Jeremy Worrells wrote:
> >>
> >>
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