I know some of you on here come across these sometimes so let me know what you have.

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I buy quite a few on ebay for the boys in work. They use them on site so i won't spend lots of money as they get wrecked.
Search for IBM THINK PAD.
You can Pick them up for about £40-£100
They have only got 30-40 Gig hard drive but great for surfing the net.

Just spotted one.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-ThinkPad-R40...3a7bd252e0

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and then install an linux distro ( Mint is a good one for newbies) no viruses, no need to dump  .
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Hmm thin pads in that range... Rather not!

Dell 510/600/610 are great for this and sturdy feckas

I've sold a fair few to be used as car diagnostic machines and they have taken loads of abuse and carried on working!

One tech I knew used his at sites while raining and said it never let him down. His manager had to order him to come in and swap it for a refreshed new think pad... Not as impressed methinks! FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
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drakes wrote:

What is "Linux" in simple terms

Now you've got me interested  2020 Porsche Panamera Turbo Hybrid (V FAST)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux ====================================

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@ Graham

for drakes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

http://www.linuxmint.com/about.php

my preferred OS and running my carpc: http://xubuntu.org/ (use the LTS - Long Term Support version 12.04 )

Agree with Jayboy and Kingpleb about thinkpads and dells, always had dells, always envied the thinkpad boys  .
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