4 Oct
2004
4 Oct
'04
6:21 a.m.
I need a really cheap place to get a laptop. It should be reasonably
powerful (The end user will be surfing and email and light word
processing) it must have: A non-windmodem modem (possible a pccard),
ethernet (again possibly a pc-card) a cd Writer. And the cheaper the
better.
The end user is borrowing one of my machines and they are really hooked
on the whole "work at home"
be an "affiliate" buy my ebook and sell it yourself thing. I would
rather they had their *own* machine
that they could fill with spyware and junk. ;^)
I don't want to hassle with ebay.
Thanks.
If this is too off-topic you can reply off list to:
ron.hudson at sbcglobal dot net
4 Oct
4 Oct
6:37 a.m.
On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Ron Hudson wrote:
I need a really cheap place to get a laptop. It should
be reasonably powerful
(The end user will be surfing and email and light word processing) it must
have: A non-windmodem modem (possible a pccard),
ethernet (again possibly a pc-card) a cd Writer. And the cheaper the better.
Check out:
www.half.com
This is on eBay - but it's not a bidding situation. Most of the folks
are dealers/refurbishers, and when you find something you like, the price
is stated, you pay for it, it arrives.
I've purchased three laptops so far, for much the same applications as
you are trying to fulfill, and I've been completely happy. One laptop
battery was crap (not rechargeable) - the seller replaced it via FedEx
overnight. I was impressed - I bought a CDRW upgrade from her as well.
Cheers
John
PS: Prices for what you want seem to be in the $400 - $600 range...
7:26 a.m.
Ron Hudson wrote:
I need a really cheap place to get a laptop. It should
be reasonably
powerful (The end user will be surfing and email and light word
processing) it must have: A non-windmodem modem (possible a pccard),
ethernet (again possibly a pc-card) a cd Writer. And the cheaper the
better.
http://www.smalldog.com
Or
http://www.powermax.com
The end user is borrowing one of my machines and they
are really hooked
on the whole "work at home"
be an "affiliate" buy my ebook and sell it yourself thing. I would
rather they had their *own* machine
that they could fill with spyware and junk. ;^)
Smalldog will fix all of that. :)
Doc
7:54 a.m.
On Oct 4, 2004, at 9:26 AM, Doc Shipley wrote:
Ron Hudson wrote:
Since the "end user" barely has understands cut and paste (and I will
probably have to explain it again) and is used to Windoze, I don't
think throwing a mac laptop at them will help any. I would if I thought
I could though, I am a Mac user myself (my "production" machine is an
iBook, with osX )
I need a really cheap place to get a laptop. It
should be reasonably
powerful (The end user will be surfing and email and light word
processing) it must have: A non-windmodem modem (possible a pccard),
ethernet (again possibly a pc-card) a cd Writer. And the cheaper the
better.
http://www.smalldog.com
Or
http://www.powermax.com
The end user is borrowing one of my machines and
they are really
hooked on the whole "work at home"
be an "affiliate" buy my ebook and sell it yourself thing. I would
rather they had their *own* machine
that they could fill with spyware and junk. ;^)
Smalldog will fix all of that. :)
Doc
8:31 a.m.
Ron Hudson wrote:
Since the "end user" barely has understands
cut and paste (and I will
probably have to explain it again) and is used to Windoze, I don't think
throwing a mac laptop at them will help any. I would if I thought I
could though, I am a Mac user myself (my "production" machine is an
iBook, with osX )
My Spousal Equivalent is a long-time Windows dependent. I should
also mention that she's the Anti-Geek. She doesn't particularly like
computers at all, and doesn't like learning new things if she can get
out of it.
Three weeks ago, just about two hours after I left on a 2-week
business trip, her system booted to a windows Protection Fault and
hasn't run since.
I had set her up an account on my G5 months ago, but she'd never
logged in, until her box broke and I wasn't here to "reboot and
reinstall". I got her logged into OS X, walked her through setting up
her email accounts, told her which Dock icon is Safari and where to find
my copy of "The Missing Manual", and that's all it took.
She has a new 17" eMac on her desk now. :)
Doc
8:25 a.m.
Rumor has it that Ron Hudson may have mentioned these words:
I need a really cheap place to get a laptop. It should
be reasonably
powerful (The end user will be surfing and email and light word
processing) it must have: A non-windmodem modem (possible a pccard),
ethernet (again possibly a pc-card) a cd Writer. And the cheaper the better.
You could also try www.tcresale.com... Their website sucks a bit to
navigate, but they have some decent prices on refurb laptops (and other
machines)...
[[ You know, Ron -- just for fun, when said user is ready to pick up their
laptop, you could hand 'em one of your Model 100's... ;-) ]]
HTH,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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