On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 12:11:31 -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 09:21:38 -0500 > Robert Krawitz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 09:18:51 -0500, Kent Borg wrote: >> > On 11/12/2015 09:17 AM, Robert Krawitz wrote: >> >> Another option is to buy a used laptop on eBay. >> > >> > Isn't buying a used laptop a bit like buying a used sports car? Each >> > might have had a rough time in its earlier life? >> >> Perhaps, but you can get a lot more (except processor speed) for your >> money. I've bought five that way since 2000, and only had reliability >> problems with one. > > U sure? I can go to Costco right now and bag a multicore modern > processor with 4GB of RAM and well over 500GB of RAM for $400. How much > less do you have to spend for a working used computer?
I can get a Dell Precision M6500 with a first gen quad core i7, 8 GB (and expandability to 32 GB), a 1920x1200 screen, and 2 SATA bays, an mSATA slot, and an optical drive that could be replaced by a third/fourth SATA drive, for around $400. Big and heavy, but built like a tank, and it's easy to service. It's on about 23 hours/day and never gives me any grief. I haven't looked at pricing for low end used laptops, though. -- Robert Krawitz <[email protected]> *** MIT Engineers A Proud Tradition http://mitathletics.com *** Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- http://ProgFree.org Project lead for Gutenprint -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
