[TriLUG] sources of second hand laptops?

[Neil L. Little]

There is Warp Computers on Capitol Blvd.
http://www.warpcomputers.com
When I was looking a used (cheap) laptop from there they let me drop a 
ubuntu livecd in one that I was looking at (and actually bought) to see 
if It played nice. What surprised me was the salesman/technician "spoke" 
linux.

73,
Neil, WA4AZL
JARS Forever!!
www.jars.net

Andy Random wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to buy a laptop for a friend in NC and install Linux (most likely 
> Ubuntu) to give her an introduction to Linux.
>
> As noted before I'm in England, but will be visiting NC in April. I could 
> buy a laptop here and take it with me, I know of several place in the UK 
> that sell second hand/refurbished laptops at reasonable prices, but that 
> would mean an English KB and paying UK sales tax (VAT) at 15%... so I was 
> wondering if it might be better to arrange the purchase of the machine in 
> the US, and just install Linux while I'm there.
>
> However I don't have a clue where to start looking (google aside) or which 
> sites might be reputable dealers and which ones might be rip off 
> merchants.
>
> Any recommendations for sellers of second user laptops? I'm looking for a 
> machine somewhere in the 1.4-2.0GHz range with 512MB or 1GB RAM, at least 
> a 30 GB HD and at least a CD (preferably DVD) drive.
>
> All suggestions of sites to look at or even sites to avoid gratefully 
> received.
>
> Thanks,
>
>    Andy
>