I picked up a Dell Inspiron 1440Z off of Dell's refurbished web site a few months ago for $480 (after shipping and taxes), I also had a 20% off coupon code from <a href="http://www.techbargains.com">www.techbargains.com</a>. Immediately installed Slackware 13 (64-bit) on there and have only started to have some audio issues after installing Gnome. Everything else has worked without issue.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Emil Volcheck <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:volcheck@acm.org">volcheck@acm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Ben,<br>
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PCRetro.com sells used ThinkPads like the T42 that run Linux well.<br>
I bought one for $350 that had a 1.7 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM,<br>
40 GB HD, wireless, CD-RW/DVD.<br>
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--Emil<br>
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On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 23:42, Ben W <<a href="mailto:bigmojo74@gmail.com">bigmojo74@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I'm looking to get a laptop setup running Linux without spending $500+<br>
> (netbooks aren't my thing.) Does anyone know any reliable places to check<br>
> laptop compatability with Linux? I'll probably pick up an older full sized<br>
> model and honestly my experience with Linux on laptops in the past has been<br>
> less than productive what with lack of drivers in some cases. I'm looking to<br>
> start a hardened build for Defcon 18 and walking with my current laptop<br>
> running 7 is out of the question :-).<br>
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