5 Oct
2004
5 Oct
'04
13:16
On Tuesday 05 October 2004 04:54, John Pettigrew wrote:
That being so, what sort of spec am I looking at? The thing is that a new laptop is about GBP650 for a basic model, but even GBP500 seems to buy a very poor second-hand machine by comparison (such as a P3-650, when the GBP650 could get a Celeron 2.4 GHz).
Are there any dangers I need to be aware of when buying a laptop on which to run linux?
Before you buy, I would at least take a look at the laptops sold by IBM on eBay. They are refurbished and most come with a 3 yr warranty. I bought one for about 2/3's the new price. It's an X30 and runs linux very well as do most IBM laptops.