[SWLUG] More on Laptops

[Lyn David Thomas]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 02:30:54 +0000 (GMT)
Rhys Sage <rhys_sage at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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.


Its the £200 pounds difference that matters....