[ale] Buying used laptops

[rob hoppe]

"John J. Cruz" wrote:

> Is it worthwhile buying a used laltop such as the Toshiba Tecra 8000
> Laptop for just $529 (@
> http://www.compucycle.net/ftpfiles/todayspecials.cfm)  It's suppose to
> have
>
> Pentium II 266 MHz
> 128 MB Memory
> 13.3" TFT (active matrix) Screen
> 6.4GB Hard Drive
> 20X CD-Rom
> 1.44MB Floppy
> 56K Modem
> Lithium Ion Battery
> A/C Adapter
> USB,
> Serial and parallel ports.
>
> Such a PC would give me access to the internet when I'm on the road and
> hopefully allow installing rh6.2 for learning purposes. I guess what I'm
> really asking is how old is this computer and how long will it last?
> What would fail first?
>
> jjc

I have almost this identical laptop.  I take it every where.  It will dual
boot and has never given me a problem.  If it does Richard's Computer in
Sandy Springs can fix it now.  I don't buy anything but Toshiba laptops
because of Richard's Computer.

Rob

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