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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: john on April 12, 2004, 03:21:13 PM

Title: Looking for a good used laptop for cheap
Post by: john on April 12, 2004, 03:21:13 PM
I need something for school and travel and whatever.  Where can I find something under $400 that I can use in those cafe hot spots, at school's hot spot, use a modem to connect to the web ect...
Title: Looking for a good used laptop for cheap
Post by: chuey on April 12, 2004, 07:45:10 PM
Don't know if this is a can do for you. But I got a Toshiba Satellite for $500 shipped. Its got a Celeron 7 or 800MHZ processor I forget, passive matrix screen. Very basic but does the job.

Features: 10 Gig Drive, Nic Card, External Soundblaster Audigy, CD ROM drive, floppy, External CD Burner, Battery which I don't ever use I think it holds a charge for about an hour and a half last time I checked, Passive Matrix Screen, XP OS, Office '04 I think it is, click n burn software.  Screen is 10.4" Pretty clean as it never leaves my apartment. You can have it for $500 Minus the audigy and external CD Burner.
Title: Looking for a good used laptop for cheap
Post by: TheGoodGuy on April 12, 2004, 08:56:14 PM
check craigslist.org for Boston..
Title: Looking for a good used laptop for cheap
Post by: Ed_in_Az on April 13, 2004, 07:57:54 AM
www.compgeeks.com

Good prices on new, used, and refurb computer stuff of all kinds.