At 04:14 AM 2/8/99 , Kenneth Alan Boyd Ramsay wrote:
>First, figure out what you will be doing with the laptop.  If you will
>only be using it for note-taking and word processing, take a look at a
>second-hand 286.  Even that should be fast enough to keep up with the
>swiftest typist.
>

I agree that a second hand is best to go for this type of use, I have an
old 386 myself for this.  A caution though.... Many second-hand laptops
have a bad battery and a replacement will run very high (my battery is
still $150 - $200 US for an $80 laptop).
Doug Simmons

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