[Tfug] Slightly OT: is anybody in need of a cheap but good laptop?

[Jim March]

Oh MAN!  You posted to the list and not me, and I didn't notice!  Gawd.
Sorry!

:)

(Seriously...whoops....)

Jim

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Jordan Aberle <jordan.aberle at gmail.com>wrote:

> Great, now I get to bid against a bunch of TFUGGERS.  Watch the price
> skyrocket.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's probably not shitty:
>>
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/LENOVA-T400-ThinkPad-Laptop-Needs-Driver-Software-/290461667538?pt=Laptops_Nov05
>>
>> The doubly-a-dumbass moron can't spell "Lenovo" so there's a chance it'll
>> get missed by people looking.  Put a $10 bid in, you might win :).  And for
>> us, "driver software" is a total non-issue :D.
>>
>> The deal on this model is this: there's about a 1/3rd chance that it's got
>> TWO video cards, switchable in the BIOS.  It will definately have an Intel
>> GMA4500.  It might also have an ATI 3470 gaming class card as well.  In
>> Linux you'll have a bitch of a time switching from one to the other on the
>> fly, I've heard it's impossible in Ubuntu, esp. with the proprietary ATI
>> drivers.  But like I said, as a BIOS setting, no problem at all.  It's kinda
>> like a mullet video card: business up front, party in the back.
>>
>> :)
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Jordan Aberle <jordan.aberle at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Where can I find a shitty expensive laptop?
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:36 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Possibly really cheap - and it's not me selling.  First person to
>>>> respond gets a hot tip.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
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