On 12/10/12 23:37, Victor Churchill wrote:
>
>
> On 12 October 2012 19:06, Ally Biggs <bluechrome@???
> <mailto:bluechrome@hotmail.co.uk>> wrote:
>
> I've got a dell laptop
> Intel i7 2.6 ghz quad core
> 8 gig DDR3
> 120 Gig solid state hard disk
> 1 gig Nvidia graphics ( runs battlefield 3
> Windows 7 home prem 64 bit
> Original box
> Still under warranty with dell
> Looking for about £400
>
>
> That looks like quite a nice deal :)
>
> From the sublime to the ridiculous ...
>
> I have an old Panasonic Toughbook CF-47. Bought it off eBay, used it
> for work for a while, gave it to my son when he started Uni; he has
> now got a netbook (and almost finished his PhD) and given it back :)
>
> 192 MB RAM (gee whiz! )
> Pentium III 448 MHz
> There is some moan at boot up about the BIOS being pre 1999 so it
> can't do something :)
> Disk 7.2 GB
> Battery is shot, only runs from mains
> currently running Ubuntu 7.04 (!!)
> When I booted it up it said it had not done an fsck for 1209 days and
> proceeded to check the disk and booted up just fine.
>
> It may not be quite what you are after but if it's of any use to you
> or anyone else I'd be happy to see it go free to a good home.
>
> --
> best regards,
>
> Victor Churchill,
> Bournemouth
>
>
I have a small HP Laptop (unfortunately packed away in a cupboard at the
moment), 1.6ghz 40gb hd 512mb but it has a faulty power connection, you
have to wiggle the powerlead to get it to work. This fault usually
requires a new power connector soldering on to the motherboard.
Tim
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