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Old notebook/laptops for cheap?
klutzo:
Anyone know of a good source for buying old notebooks for cheap?
- must be working
- must be colour
- Preferably low speed Pentiums, or even 486s
- must have hard drive
- don't care about cracked cases
- don't care about batteries
thankies gang!
bowmand1:
yeah, it's called eBay... learn it, love it...
486 laptops go for like 20-30 bucks, fully working. Or less. depends on what you get.
Pentiums? pretty darn good selection... like 2 BILLION search hits... too much to look through, if ya ask me.
so, yeah. http://www.ebay.com in case you live in a cave. ;D
klutzo:
Ebay you say? Whazzat?
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Actually picked one up on Ebay for $40, but am looking for a source for several. i.e. quantity discounts... sorta like buy 50 of the obsolete suckers for 10 bux each type of thing.
bowmand1:
heh heh... figured you prob'ly had...
your next best bet is to grab your yellow pages and call up some independent computer tech companies... sometimes those places just have STACKS of old crap laying around. I know my brother's company just sorted and sold a BUNCH of old puters last month (sorry you didn't ask sooner) but, there's gotta be some place stockpiling this junk (<---read:treasure)
let your fingers do the walking. ;D
just for curiosity's sake... what do you want these for?
klutzo:
I'm thinking for mame use, or other misc uses.... I'm a bit of a packrat! =>