[SWLUG] More on Laptops

[Rhys Sage]

> Mmmm IT Dealers (www.itdealers.co.uk) have some
second 
> hand laptops at
> not bad prices.... have considered buying one from 
> there before...
> before I do I'll ask here what people think about
them 
> for use with
> Linux.

It has been said that "secondhand laptops are in the
top 5 of the top 10 things never to buy secondhand".
And when you consider that Dell has a laptop for sale
brand new with a 2.6ghz CPU and 30GB hard drive with
all the features of a modern laptop for a mere 450 -
480 pounds, why buy some secondhand rubbish that
you'll never be satisfied with, will never get
adequate performance from and which will most likely
break fairly quickly? Seems like a false economy to me
- especially since the better secondhand laptops go
for very little less than a brand spanking new Dell.

Rhys



	
	
		
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