On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote:

Lemme show you something. The C-50 is a turd. Here's it's score of
453 at CPUBench:

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/low_end_cpus.html

The T7400 found in some six year old Thinkpad T60p critters
fr'instance pulls over 1,200:

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/mid_range_cpus.html

Granted, the video chip isn't half bad that's integrated with the
C-50. It'll work. But the whole machine is built to a very low price
point.

Jim

On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

> Glad I didn't jump at any of the opportunities you guys presented
> because.....
>
> For BLACK Friday the Wal-Mart up here is selling a Compaq Presario with an
> AMD dual core processor with 2 gig of memory and 250 gig drive for $198.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/7ykallg
>
> hmmm,,,, it seems bestbuy has a better deal. but we don't have bestbuy up
> here.
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 6:08 AM, Stephen <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I just for a d630 from eBay for 95 shipped to my door.
>>
>> Not new but working and the are workhorses and are well supported by
>> Linux. All I need is a hard drive for it.
>>
>> On Nov 21, 2011 11:52 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> My parents said they would get me a laptop. I asked how much they wanted
>>> to spend and figured I'd ask you guys because you might make a little money!
>>> Who wants to build me a laptop for about $200?
>>>
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