[TriLUG] Looking to buy a used laptop

[Ken M]

Interesting site.  They have a couple of desktops there that would be
good candidates for replacing the kids aging computer.

Ken

On Thu, 2014-03-06 at 07:47 -0500, Roy Vestal wrote:
> As a side note, I just checked Kramden's sales. They have 10x T61's 
> available to purchase.
> 
> Specs:
>      Model:                  Lenovo T61 Laptop
>      CPU:                      Core2Duo T7500 2.2ghz
>      Screen:               15.4" Widescreen
>      RAM:                      2GB DDR2
>      Hard Drive:           60GB SATA
>      OS:                       Windows XP Professional
>      Battery:              Good Charge
>      Optical Drive:       DVD-CDRW
>      Networking:          802.11g WiFi, Gigabit
>      Extras :              Card Reader, Fingerprint
>      Condition:          A
> 
> When I was running thinkpads, I wrote a couple of articles for 
> thinkwiki.org. You can check there for anything linux and Thinkpad.
> 
> Home:
> www.thinkwiki.org
> 
> T61:
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T61
> 
> Installs on T61:
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installation_instructions_for_the_ThinkPad_T61
> 
> HTH,
> -Roy
> 
> On 3/6/14 7:41 AM, Roy Vestal wrote:
> > Check with kramden.org and see what they have. Look under "Take 
> > Action" -> "Surplus Sales". You'd be helping the community and getting 
> > a decent system.
> >
> > Quick blurb from their site:
> >
> > "Kramden Institute Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to 
> > empowering hardworking, yet economically disadvantaged, students to 
> > cross the digital divide. This is done by awarding thousands of PCs to 
> > students to be used to advance their academic and personal 
> > achievements. Kramden collects donated PCs, laptops, and peripherals; 
> > refurbishes the equipment; and awards the computers, thereby extending 
> > the useful life of electronics and reducing e-waste."
> >
> > ( not affiliated with kramden.org in any way. Don't hold my opinions 
> > against them! ;)  )
> > -Roy
> >
> > On 3/5/14 10:33 PM, Matthew Frazier wrote:
> >> Hello, TriLUGgers,
> >>
> >> I am currently on the market for an auxiliary laptop, for travel 
> >> and/or experimentation. I would like a laptop that is/has:
> >>
> >> - Enterprise-class (a Latitude or a ThinkPad or something)
> >> - Everything works w/o needing repairs or buying parts separately
> >> - Runs Linux well
> >> - At least 2 hours of battery life
> >> - 64-bit x86 processor
> >> - 2 GB RAM (or more)
> >> - 80 GB hard disk (or more)
> >> - Wi-Fi and wired Ethernet (that work under Linux)
> >> - DVD reader
> >>
> >> If you have a laptop meeting these specs that you would like to sell 
> >> me, please contact me off list.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Matthew Frazier
> >> http://leafstorm.us
> >
>