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    wtb: cheap laptop/netbook for ms

    whos got one cheap? i must have emailed 20 people on the local craigslist and not a single reply, figure ill ask here too.... all i need it to do is run ms, so cheaper the better, figure i can get a new acer for 250 after tax with our discount... but im trying not to buy new.....
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    dude, that a good price, it's reliable, and again... it's NEW. if it comes with a warranty... get it!
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      #3
      ya, if i do itll be afte xmas....
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        #4
        i have an OLD compaq armada that came with win 95, i upgraded it with win 2k. it works great, built in serial port, 5 hours battery life and it only cost me $20.

        its not for sale but yeah... try ebay?
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          #5
          Rumor has it that megatune works on windows 7 with a certain serial > USB converter. I don't knwo about megalogviewer tho...

          I got a old dell with a built in serial and im set.

          You can prolly pick up one off ebay for pretty cheap
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            #6
            i found a few that people have started geting back to me on, but i gotta find smoke187 or someone else a little more computer literate that me , otherwise ill end up buying something super useless...lol... most the ones i found are equal or better than my current desktop, all are like 1.8ghtz up, with like 1g of ram, and 40-80 gig hd's..... the only difference ive been finding is the newer ones allow more ram upgrade.... besides that i couldnt tell ya much...lol.....

            the most recent one now is a Dell Latitude with a P3 cpu for 50 bucks, wtf do i even need?lol....
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              #7
              mine is like 233mhz with i think 64mb of ram
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                #8
                If you got an old p3 with 256mb of ram and a 10gb hard drive, windows 2000 or XP you would be set. again, this is just for MS tuning, nothing else. I think you are starting to multi-purpose with it, IE surf web and what not. Get an old laptop that you use solely for tuning, can leave it in the car, and if something happens to it, you would be out $50-$60, not 2$50+.
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                  #9
                  I'd try to stay away from anything too old. More than 5 years and stuff starts breaking and wearing out.
                  But cheap is cheap.
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                    #10
                    well im goin to check out this 50 buck one, hes actually driving by on the thruway in about 15 minutes, ill probably grab it.... 50 bucks works for me....
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                    95 escort gt-ms2e/ms2extra pre3.3alpha5 gslender v2.8-e85-vj23@12lbs----dead--

                    are you a thinker, or a believer?

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                      #11
                      close thread, just picked up a dell latitude with xp sp3, its a 1200mhz with 526mhz 256mb ram, its only a 10 gig hd tho, but it looks brand new..... deffinatly seemed worth the 50 bucks i paid....
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