[Nottingham] OT: Laptop repairs

[Simon Osborne]

On 1 November 2010 14:43, Peter Adams <praest76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27 October 2010 20:32, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:
>> If you're going to be at one of the meets, I could bring along an old
>> Win98(!) laptop for the sake of a beer ;-) The battery is likely dead by
>> now but otherwise all should work. The carry case is likely worth more
>> than the laptop!
>>
>> Let me know if interested in picking it up,
>
> Thanks, but it's unlikely I'll get to any of the meets or talks
> anytime soon (I'm in Newark and need to rely on public transport). She
> also needs a bit of battery life and something that will not crawl
> when faced with the ridiculously bloated (200-300Mb!).doc files she's
> getting from her lecturers at Notts-Trent like her old WinXP laptop
> currently does.
>
> I think I might get a few more quotes and then maybe dump it in favour
> of a replacement. The same laptop can be found on eBay for £150-180 we
> could probably get something better on credit.

You can get some amazing laptops for around £350 these days which
seems to be the sweet spot in terms of price/performance.

Simon