I'm in the market for another cheap laptop, folks. I need something to tune my car, and my current one is about to take a ****. Here are the requirements:

• Must be cheap (just a ballpark I'm talking a couple hundred here)
• Must be in the ballpark of 366mhz or up
• Must have working serial port
• Must have at least 30min battery life (I know how laptop batteries degrade).
• Must have CD and floppy disk drives.

If you have anything meeting or near these requirements I'm definitely willing to take a look. I really do NOT have a lot of money to spend here (recently laid off) so anyone who could help me out in a pinch I'd be most grateful. I'm hoping I can give someone a couple hundred beans for a laptop they no longer need/use.

Cases aren't necessary (I think I have 2-3 from old laptops), and accessories aren't necessary either, but I may be interested if they're not expensive and I can scratch together a little extra dough.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys have got.

 

i have one...p3 600mhz...need a little work...monitor hinges are cracked but can be fixed with fibergalss...only thing is that battery will not go for 30min....looking for $200 let me know hobie

 

Gonna see what offers come up. I'll keep it right up there on the list. The hinges are cracked, but the monitor still works, right? About how long does the battery last? Make/model?

 

damn, and to think i just gave a 450 mhz with 96 megs of ram away for free

 

It's all good, Aaron. Woulda been great though.

 

i'll see what i can find.. i might be able to hook you up...i'll let you know. if you don't have one by monday, pm me, i might be able to get you one for free or real cheap.. w/ same specs

 

I would love you forever. I can definitely wait till Monday. Thanks, man.

 

i might have something at home. I'll check tonight and let you know. I know i have one sitting around, and if it meets your requirements, i'll hook you up with it.

 

yeah the monitor works great...jut need to re-inforce the plastic casing...it just sits in my room let me know

 

Don't forget about me, homie.

 

I have a few IBM 240x's They don't have built-in CDROM or floppy drives.. but one is a celeron 450 and PIII-500's with 192mb of ram.. I know your not interested, but these are one of the smallest lightest laptops on the market. I picked up a PC Card/USB DVDRom drive and a USB floppy for the one I use..

Look on ebay though, you can get a variant of the 240 for $300 to $500

 

I got a old ibm think pad not sure if its 366mhz but i ran my aem ems with it. The back light screen died so you can hardly see it with out a light on it. Battery is very weak but i used the charger in the car.
It has one usb and a serial connection, it also has a cd rom drive.
my AEM software is still on the unit.

P.S if you want to get a new screen for it you can on ebay for around $20.
ac/dc converts are like $25, This what i used in my car now.
$70 plus shipping and its yours

 

Can you get me the model number on the Think pad please?

 

Preciate it just the same, my good man.

 

its a think pad 770
old school