[TriLUG] OT: laptop needed

[William Sutton]

You might check Ebay for Sony Vaio PCG-505GX's...run linux like a charm, 3 
lb superslim, 266 processor (a little old....) upgradable to 96 Mb RAM, 
disk drive can be updgraded from 2.1 Gb to 60 Gb (according to some sites 
I've seen online, I personally have upgraded to a 6.4.....), and can 
hibernate to disk...


not to mention they seem to be going for absurdly low prices compared with 
what I paid for mine 5 years ago....

-- 
William Sutton


On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Greg Brown wrote:

> Peeps:
> 
> I need a laptop.  If I have to go through life with $HUGE_COMPANY'S xp
> laptop for one more day where I am not able to things like.. oh, USE
> THE USB PORT (!!!!) or, um, change my IP address so I can RECOVER A
> ROUTER IN DISASTER RECOVERY MODE I think I might start to bash my head
> against the wall.  And it's brick (and, NO, I can't, for some reason,
> become self-managed under XP to do these things as I am a contractor..
> blah blah blah)
> 
> So, I need an inexpensive laptop.  Things I need are:
> 
> 1. good screen (no huge lines across it or so many red pixels it looks
> like a blood-bath)
> 2. Decent processor and RAM (I can always get more ram.. but a good
> enough processor to run Ubuntu desktop well enough to get by)
> 3. A 9 PIN SERIAL PORT on board.. that's 9 pin.. and it must work (I
> *NEED* minicom)
> 4. On board RJ-45 would be nice.
> 5. Don't care about wireless (though PCMCIA would be good if there is
> not on-board 802.11 chip)
> 6. The smaller the better, the lighter the better.  I don't have much
> money so if the thing is a true boat anchor I don't really mind; I'll
> just lock it up at work.
> 7. I don't even care if the battery drains quickly - as long as it has
> a working plug
> 
> That's about it.  What do you have that you'd be willing to part with
> and how much do you want for it?
> 
> Greg
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