April 20, 2006
I'D LIKE THE MOON, AND THE SUN, AND THE STARS... OH! AND CAN I HAVE IT GIFT-WRAPPED?
Blogson That 1 Guy of Drunken Wisdom is helping a friend search for a laptop:
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He's looking to buy a laptop so that he can run this program at home. It doesn't have to be a Toughbook, but it does have to be tough. It may possibly get knocked on the floor, and it will be in a dirty, and sometimes dusty, enviroment. The kicker, and what may put this out of reach, is that he can only spend $600 tops, with $500 being what he'd like to shoot for.I asked what the minimum system requirements were for the program he's running, and this is what he said; "300 MHZ Pentium, a super VGA display (1024 x 768 resolution), and Windows 98. Also needed are at least one USB port, and Rs 232 port."
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Thanks again, Harv. Like I said, when you hook up folks like this, I can almost forget all of the bad shit that the rest of the blogosphere has been saying about you.
Oops... I wasn't supposed to tell you about that...
Posted by: That 1 Guy at April 20, 2006 06:30 PM (lfQya)
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Just get me a friggin' Instalanche, and all will be forgiven.
Posted by: Harvey at April 20, 2006 06:39 PM (L7a63)
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At a 300 MHz, check your local Goodwill. If you can't find anything there, check the yellow pages for a computer salvage or refurbishment service store. If you STILL can't find anything, Walmart.com sells a $500 laptop. It may have linux on it, but you can most likely find a copy of NT or 2000 (NOT, for the love of God WinMe) around.
Good luck, T1G.
Posted by: tommy at April 20, 2006 09:47 PM (ZIRzQ)
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I just saw an add for a dell laptop at 399. But Dell sucks. Check E-bay too.
Posted by: Oddybobo at April 21, 2006 08:39 AM (6Gm0j)
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Check around for a ThinkPad 600 or 600E. They were made in 1998, and will probably outlive all of us. It may only be a Pentium II 366, but it runs XP. I'm actually on mine now. Paid $125 for it.
Posted by: The Anti-Hippie at April 21, 2006 07:50 PM (fw4lb)
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Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. It's very appreciated.
I'll get you a beer if/when we next meet...
Posted by: That 1 Guy at April 23, 2006 06:53 PM (lfQya)
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