Check the OEM's like Dell and IBM for "refurbished" laptops, throw away the WinMoronEdition recovery disk, and put a linux on it. Ibm, in particular, is a good source, with 3-4 year old ThinkPads, recycled from IBM sales reps. The URL is too complex to paste, but a quick look shows a T20(41U) with a 700 mHz pentium 3, 128 meg ram, 12 GB disk, DVD rom, a 56k modem (probably an mwave) for $927. And IBM will fall over itself helping you install linux on it (no, they won't pre-install it for you).
Dell's "refurbished" systems are mostly customer returns, or canceled orders. A quick look shows half a dozen Inspiron 2600's between $854 and $953. Somebody out northwest (I forgot who) was selling refurbished HP laptops with lycoris or lindows pre-installed.
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Posted by: hcmeyer on September 27, 2002 11:46 PMDell's "refurbished" systems are mostly customer returns, or canceled orders. A quick look shows half a dozen Inspiron 2600's between $854 and $953. Somebody out northwest (I forgot who) was selling refurbished HP laptops with lycoris or lindows pre-installed.
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