[sllug-members]: Used laptop recommendations

[Jared Barneck]

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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