[Sderby] GNU/Linux on a bargain laptop

[Conrad Gavin]

Thats just laughable isnt it. 

Who in their right mind ... sheesh. 

I have a TP770X pw 300 (Deschutes) with 128 mb of ram and 6 gb HD + a
1280x1024 screen, DVD rom etc. I paid 250 for it 2 years ago .. from
....


EBAY!

I think, if you look on there you'll see that you can get ~ 700 mhz
systems for the 250 mark. 

Not that I would. mind you. They're all ex-fleet crap with dead pixels. 
 
G.


On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 09:28, Richard Smedley wrote:
> James Gibbon wrote:
> 
> >>IBM THINKPAD 760 with Linux preloaded for UKP99 apparently :-)
> >>    
> >>
> >I have to say that's a bit pricey for a Pentium 166 MMX with
> >64MB RAM and a 3G hard disk.
> >
> 
> It's actually pretty good. 2 years ago they were GBP250 with
> 16MB RAM and a smaller HDD (and no pre-loaded GNU).
> Nowadays GBP150 is normally about the lowest you pay for
> a 7 year old laptop. (the lack of battery explains the price
> in this case).
> 
> The TP760 is a decent laptop, though iirc sound doesn't work
> with the Linux kernel?
> 
> I picked up a TP560 the other day at Bowlers computer fair in
> Manchester (GNU/Linux infopoints every month ;-) for GBP50
> - a real bargain, but with no PSU or battery. It has no floppy or
> CD either (slimline form-factor), so I've downloaded the manual
> and I'm about to extract the HDD for a ``hardware cross-install''
> probably of Crux <http://crux.nu>
> 
> But look in Micromart - you'll see 486 laptops for GBP150, and no
> bargains comparable to this offer linked from the original post.
> Portable GNU/Linux for leass than a ton? Sounds good to me :-)
> 
>  - Richard
> 
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