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is this really all you can afford?

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the Gateways seemed like a great deal I ran into while searching for a $500-600 used/refurbed laptop, more a matter of its all I really want to spend if I'm going to get a model this old. The IBM thinkpad guy I ran into while
trying to sell my Dell 2405fp monitor.

*Update* The Thinkpad guy has come up to $240 cash plus the IBM Thinkpad for my 1.5 yr old Dell 2405fp

Guys: It's not going to be my main system.I was just going to buy the Gateway because the price was good, (He'll actually take $270. Just want something for playing online poker, websurfing, etc. A semi-disposable while in Vegas this next month and I don't want to drop the dime to get the same specs in a new model running on vista for $700+

Probably go with the gateway, thanks fellas, and to the Vaio guy; be part of the solution: sell me your Vaio for $280 so I can have something nice [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]