Laptops for less with serial ports

[Joe Clever]

Patrick:

I have to agree with Janina that the refurbished IBM's can be a good deal.
I picked up an IBM refurb Thinkpad  600E for around $450 a year ago on
ubid.com.  One of the good things is you aren't putting a 3000 dollar laptop
at risk when you have to travel.

If you are forced to purchase locally, as I think you indicated, and you are
in the USA, you can check out deals at
http://www.dealnews.com
and
http://www.salescircular.com.
Dealnews puts out a free daily newsletter that you can subscribe to or you
can just visit their site.   Salescircular also has a free newsletter but I
am unsure of it's frequency.  I can't tell you how speech accessible these
sites are, as I use screen magnification.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at cantata.rednote.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 4:17 PM
Subject: Laptops for less with serial ports


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> Patrick:
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> You can still get DB9 serial ports on laptop computers. You can't
> usually get them on the ultra-thin models, though. I am currently
> looking myself, and a serial port is a must. I will most likely stick
> with IBM and get a Thinkpad T30 this time around at around $2.6K. It has
> a serial port
>
> If I were you, I'd seriously consider an IBM reconditioned Thinkpad.
> There is a 3 month waranty on them--certainly long enough to find out if
> any part is bad. For example, you can get a T22, with serial port,
> modem, ethernet, two pcmcia, etc. for under $1K. See:
>
>
http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=-
840&storeId=1&categoryId=2563444&langId=-1&dualCurrId=73
>
> Careful. This url will almost certainly wrap.
> PS: For the last two years I've bee4n running around with a Thinkpad t20
> that we paid $3,500 for. Now they're selling reconditioned for about
> $700. Mine is still good. It's not broken at all. That's not the reason
> I'm upgrading. And, I've been all over the planet with it.
>
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