Looking for an older laptop.. Suggestions?

[AShadeOfClear]

I'm looking for a laptop on ebay. And there are more than a few models out there to choose from, and now its hard to find reviews & info on dated laptops, so I need some guidance in choosing a specific model.

I'm looking for the cheapest laptop that fills these requirements:

[*] 350Mhz or better
[*] 128 RAM or greater (for windows 2000)
[*] Few gigs HD space
[*] PCMCIA slot
[*] Working battery. I should also be able to find replacement batteries to order that are not outrageously expensive.
[*] CDrom & floppy, either attached or in a docking station. I'm not too fond of those swappable things or the seperate drives that plug into the back and look like the Commodore 64 disk drive.
[*] Not too heavy I'm going to be carrying this thing back and forth quite a bit.

I was looking at the Gateway Solo 9150, which is really sweet, but is heavy since its an all-in-one type thing.

Any reccomendations/suggestions appreciated. Thanks!

 

[AShadeOfClear]

Bump^^

 

[AShadeOfClear]

^^^ bump

 

[gf4200isdabest]

bah...dumb ebay...never know what you're gonna get...

How about a desknote. http://www.sybercom.com . ECS 1Giga-Pro A900 Desknote Notebook computer 128M/10G/24X-CD can be had for $605 and is going to be noticeably lighter than any old Gateway laptop...

All laptops are notebooks but not all notebooks are laptops. The desknotes have been reviewed very favorably as an alternative to conventional laptops...

 

[gf4200isdabest]

and oh yeah....They're NEW as opposed to used ebay stuff

 

[murphy55d]

I bought a used older one from the For Sale/Trade forum. Check there.

 

[AShadeOfClear]

Well, thanks for the suggestion. The battery pack is $69 extra (not bad) but is external and I'd have no where to put that if working on my lap.