On 3 Jan 2006 15:23:11 -0800, "nollaigoc" wrote:

A three to five year old laptop, Pentium iii, of 500-1000Mhz, running
Windows 2000 is ideal in minimal configuration.

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That's what I use. You can pick them up in very good shape as
reconditioned units for $250 to $300. At that price they are cheap
enough not to worry about them too much. I usually get a couple of
years out of them, sometimes more.