[ltp] OT: 560 recommendations?

[Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV]

On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 04:04 +0100, Richard Neill wrote:

> I'm looking to buy a cheap (on ebay) thinkpad for portable use.
> The spec needn't be amazing (eg 800x600, 250MHz, 4GB, 128MB), but it 
> does need to be as light as possible. I'm hoping for less than $100, and 
>   < 2kg.

> I recall seeing what I think was a 560 somewhere, and being amazingly 
> impressed by how small it was.

Sure you didn't see a 240?  A 560 is small, but not THAT small.

>  Am I recollecting this correctly?  Would 
> a 600 be better?

600s are not exactly what you would call "light" ... in comparison to
the 240 or the X series Thinkpads, anyway.  What about a 570?  Those can
be had cheaply.  They're also less of a PITA to set up than a 600.

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