Looking for Used Ultra-portable laptop around $350, any suggestions

[joeycinny]

Any thoughts? battery life would be a plus, don't need to game, etc. I'm thinking an IBM x series but not sure

 

[Alt]

Used fujitsu p 20xxs are pretty inexpensive (on ebay), have great battery life, swapable drives(battery x2 is a reality), and great build quality.

 

[joeycinny]

The fujitsu's look nice, are the transmeta processors okay?

 

[aakerman]

they're slow but battery efficient =)

 

[cheesehead]

The Transmeta processors are really, really #@@#$ slow. You don't need much for Office tasks, though.

I recall some Fujitsu barebones on eBay for about 60$. They were short a few parts, and you'd need to add a battery, hard drive, and RAM, but once you did, you'd have an ultraportable laptop with a touchscreen to boot.
(I'm currently bidding one one myself.)

 

[joeycinny]

Tell me more about these barebones! got a link? are they hard to work on?

 

[eastvillager]

$350? My suggestion: Wake up, you're dreaming.

 

[jjmIII]

Originally posted by: eastvillager
$350? My suggestion: Wake up, you're dreaming.

CompUSA has a NEW laptop for $299 after rebates. (I hate multiple rebates though)

 

[joeycinny]

you can definitely pick up a fujitsu p series between $350 and 550 on ebay.

 

[Kaervak]

If you don't mind an external optical drive, you can get a Latitude C400 or X300 for a little less than $350. Or if you catch the right auction a 3200 series Averatec can be had for around $350 and that has an internal optical drive.

 

[corkyg]

For $350, get a decent PDA or Blackberry. For a good ultra-light notebook at that price, it has to have fallen off a truck somewhere.

 

[speedstream5621]

Thinkpad X30 off of eBay.

 

[joeycinny]

I have a blackberry.

seems like several decent used options for an ultra-portable in the price range