Looking to buy a really old laptop (or tell me where I can get one)

[MaxIBoy]

I'm thinking "brick" here. Thickness has a number of advantages:

Better ventilation, and therefore
The laptop runs cooler, and therefore
The fan can run more slowly, and therefore
The laptop can run quietly; the laptop can run a long time on a charge.
The keyboard can have more travel, which feels nicer.


I'll be running DSL-N on it, so even a 12-year-old laptop will be fine. I want a laptop in good, operating condition, battery, hard drive, and charger cable included! I want a CD drive and at least one USB port. USB 1.1 will do the job just fine.

I'm not interested in paying more than $45 US, plus whatever minor things need to be fixed (such as replacing the system clock battery,) plus whatever it costs to ship the thing.


If you have such a laptop, or know where there's one for sale, let me know.

[spcwingo]

How about 2? I have 1 Compaq Armada 1592DMT with 96MB RAM, 3GB HDD, and a 233Mhz Pentium MMX. The second one is pretty much the same except it only has 32MB RAM. The first one is running a home-rolled version of Puppy 4.0 and the second one is running Win2K. Both have batteries, AC adapters, etc. Let me know if you're interested.

[ratmandall]

Maybe try your local paper, or craigslist.

[WestAussieUbu]

You still selling em spcwingo?

[spcwingo]

You still selling em spcwingo?

Yes, but one is already gone. Only the one with Puppy is left. If you're still interested in that one let me know.

[dasunst3r]

Try looking in thrift shops such as Goodwill. They have these "Computer Works" stores that sell specifically computer stuff. I managed to pick up an AGP nVidia GeForce 6200 with 256 MB RAM for $ 24.95 or so, to give you an idea of what prices are like there. The proceeds are used for training people so that they can be productive members in society.