From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 18 11:34: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 814B71522B for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 11:33:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA66207 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 14:37:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 14:37:54 -0500 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Cheap Old Laptops Message-ID: <20000118143754.A66199@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I happened to see this on www.buy.com in the "Clearance" area, http://www.buy.com/clearance/product.asp?sku=70000827 To summarize, they are old, refurbished Dell laptops with a P100, 770 MB HDD, and a few other of the ususal laptop gizmos. Yeah this is mid-90's hardware, but they're selling 'em for $325. I don't _need_ a laptop, but it could be handy from time to time. And using FreeBSD on "legacy" hardware has always treated me well. Any opinions as to whether that's a good deal? And whether FreeBSD would handle that hardware well? Thanks. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message