12/26 My sister is looking to buy a laptop under $500. Has to be new
but obviously not top of the line. Anybody know of a good reputable
place that sells NEW but older model laptops? She just need the basic
stuff like built in CD, floppy, modem, ethernet, etc. Recommendation
on brand and model would also help. Thanks.
\_ i think this is impossible.
\_ not bloody likely, but it's possible she could get lucky on an
auction site like ebay or ubid. also check http://techbargains.com
for sales. but ultimately, it's snowball meets hell.
\_ I want world peace.
\_ "Has to be new" and "under $500" is a problem.
Get a USED IBM Thinkpad.
\_ For 500, you can get thinkpads with a year of warranty left.
\_ How about refurbs? You might be able to get a refurb from
Dell, IBM or Apple for ~ $500.
\_ Or a used pismo.
\_ iBooks are quite durable. I just sold one for $400 on craigslist.
\_ The pismo's (PowerBook G3 (2000)) are also quite
reliable.
\_ is your sister hott?
\_ yeah does she give good head? i have extra laptops.
\_ Get a new PDA with a keyboard.
\_ I really think this is a bad idea... even if by some miracle you
were able to find a "new" laptop for this price, all the
technology would be so old, it'd be obsolete in 5 minutes. What's
wrong with buying a refurb'ed one (often come with same or similar
waranties) that has newer features?
\_ How does a Pentium II system get obsolete? Mine has a dvd
player, pcmcia slots for wireless. Unless I want to game,
it does everything.
\_ Just wondering, has anyone here ever bought a refurbished piece
of hardware and not had problems with it? -!OP
anything that is neither here nor there.
\_ Yes. I've bought a refurb macs, suns and sgi's (for home
and work). The only problems I've had was with stuff like
memory and sbus cards that didn't survive UPS/USPS's brand
of tender-loving care. The systems all worked. --ranga
\_ we've set up entire companies with refurb sun's from
recurrent.
\_ Either get something really cheap and disposable like under $175,
or get something decent for like $800 or above. Don't get
anything that is neither here nor there. More precisely,
get something cheap and disposable, or get something that can
run w2k, that is, if you are going the windows route.
\_ I have had a lot of luck with used laptops from EBay.
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