Re: [SLUG] Fw: Ellison Hammers M$ vs UNIX & Need Laptop Memory Source ?

From: Robin (Roblimo) Miller (robin@roblimo.com)
Date: Mon Dec 10 2001 - 18:59:37 EST


Anita Pesola wrote:

> Isn't that because they *THINK* they have "GOLD" in a used laptop, and
> people are just too stupid to realize that they don't? :-)

Likely. The supply/demand equation for used laptops is kind of screwy,
and has been since I was writing "Cheap Computing" for Andover News and
even back when I was writing "This Old PC" for Time Digital back in
1996/1997.

The idea of a decent sub-$200 laptop from a dealer is a crack dream.

- Robin



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