At 4:00 PM -0700 9/25/07, David Griffith wrote:
A professor has asked me where one can find decent used
laptops. That is,
he needs something close enough to the bleeding edge where he can run
current applications, but far enough away that he won't have to pay much.
How close to bleeding edge would that be? I use an IBM T41p for
work, and it while it is fast enough, RAM is starting to become an
issue (not worth trying to upgrade as the laptop should soon be
replaced), and it is flaky (mainly because my original died, and was
replaced with one of the same model that was someones old trashed
garbage).
Looking at the local place that sells used laptops I can see that for
what they want for a model this old, you'd almost be better off
buying a new laptop once you factor in wear and tear.
Has he considered looking for laptops being clearanced out? Hmmm,
that could be of interest to me as well. Not sure where you would
look.
Zane
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