WTB older laptop

wolfeking

wolfeking

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I am in the market for something to replace my IBM A20m laptop (my LCD is burning out, and a replacement is around 125). I have a budget of $100 with shipping, and very low expectations. All I am really looking for is something with a Good LCD that is mobile, but doesn't weigh a tonne (heavy is fine, but for say, no 20 Lb netbooks lol.) It needs at least 2 USB ports (for reference the A20m has 1 USB 1.1), 256 min RAM, and a dvd drive. Mac lappys are fine, as long as they will be fairly stable on the go.
Anyone have an older laptop that they will let go for cheap?
 
What sort of specs are you looking for? I have a dell inspiron 8000, its fairly heavy, but it works pretty well. Its got a Pentium 3 inside it, and I think a 20 or 40, maybe 60 gig harddrive.
 
I am mainly looking for a 3.5 floppy drive and P3 550MHz or higher processor.

what OS does it have? And how much are you looking for from it?
 
wolfeking said:
I am mainly looking for a 3.5 floppy drive and P3 550MHz or higher processor.

what OS does it have? And how much are you looking for from it?
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It came with ME I believe. And it runs XP fine. But I'd have to wipe it because of everything it has on it.

I would assume it has a floppy drive, it has an IR I/O, 2? USB, I believe a cd drive, and 2 batteries. I also think it's an 800 MHz CPU. I can check if your interested. And I'm not sure exactly how much to ask. The shipping may be expensive, or it may not. What do you think?
 
if you can find out how much shipping would be to 27027 zip, then Id be willing to make an offer. And once you wipe it, would you be able to reload it with a OS? a Linux OS would be fine, just to be able to show that it functions properly.
 
wolfeking said:
if you can find out how much shipping would be to 27027 zip, then Id be willing to make an offer. And once you wipe it, would you be able to reload it with a OS? a Linux OS would be fine, just to be able to show that it functions properly.
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Alright sure! Do you have a preference with what linux I load on it?
 
Ok, looking at the laptop, I now remember that there is a dvd drive (or something along those lines, it could be a cd drive, probably is) built in that doesn't work, and the cover is snapped off of it. Is that a problem?

And actually, I see that there actually isn't a floppy drive, so if you really want one, this won't work.
 
I may still be wiling to buy it, but i wouldnt give very much for it, seeing as I will have to get a CD/DVD drive (probably USB or Serial) and a USB Floppy drive to do what I need it to.
Then again, I could make a mobile media server out of it since I got all that on my HP, and could just transfer the movies and such via a flash key.
 
I forgot to mention, it does have a broken cd drive, but it also has a working one. It has 2 compartments at the bottom, where there is always a battery in one, and in the other, you can buy an extra battery or you can put in a cd drive. And you could most likely find a floppy drive like that, or just a USB one.
 
Honestly, first I want to make sure everything works. I haven't used it in a while. If everything else works, then I can give a price. I'll hopefully have time to test it tonight.
 
Hey man sorry. I'll try to get to it this weekend. I have exams next week and last week was an off week. And just out of curiousity, in your sig, lauren gray. I know a Lauren Gray. How old is the one you know?
 
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