Newbie alert - price/upgrade advice

[<rmasters@lssec.bt.co.uk>]

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Um, I haven't got one. Basically I've been looking for a notepad to run
Linux on to use as a mobile WWW server / browser for demos, and the
odd think pad has cropped up for sale.

Currently I'm toying with buying a s/h 750Cs 20MB RAM 200MB (170MB
surely) HD for 1000 pounds sterling. Anyone want to comment if that's
a good price or not? I really want the RAM but I'd probably get a 
bigger HD.

Originally I was offered a 50Mhz machine (I forget which one) and an MCA
one (no good to me) and I'm a bit concerned about the speed of the 750.
I had a wade through the archives but couldn't see a definitive answer to
"Can I upgrade the CPU or make it go faster some other way?" If anyone
could help I'd appreciate it.

As for me, I'm a System and S/W Engineer for BT, in London, UK. I'm not
that knowledgeable on PCs esp. portables as a) that's hardware b) that's
not primarily Unix hardware.

Cheers,

Robb
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Robb Masters        | Systems & Software Engineer
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