Comments on: Cheap laptop, anyone?

By: Joe "Floid" Kanowitz

Joe "Floid" Kanowitz — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:36:25 +0000

Oh yeah, and AuctionDepot.com is another less-obvious option, though I’ve never actually ordered from’m. No laptops this week.

By: Joe "Floid" Kanowitz

Joe "Floid" Kanowitz — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:34:16 +0000

Some places I’ve used have been the venerable compgeeks.com and PCSurplusOnline.com, the latter of which often has N%-off deals if you get on their spam list. Then there’re the Wal-Mart.com laptops, and TheInquirer is doing a semi-weekly roundup of the best deals on new stuff. (Seems like you can get something from the AXP-M range for around $500 these days, but I haven’t been looking closely.)

By: Justin C. Sherrill

Justin C. Sherrill — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 03:54:20 +0000

That retrobox.com site may be just what I need. under $100 and light fits the bill – not pretty, fast, or even necessarily complete.

By: Russell Kneebone

Russell Kneebone — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:20:57 +0000

Overstock.com always seems to have a selection of PIII Thinkpads, the T series being small and light (and pretty compatible with other OSes). They start around the low 400’s for an 800MHz and go up from there.

By: Eli Green

Eli Green — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 08:28:52 +0000

I suppose it depends on how powerful you want it, but I’d check http://www.retrobox.com/

They have PIIIM’s for less than $300 and P4M’s for less than $500.

And they come with a clean slate, no OS on it so you’re not paying for XP.