From: ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com   
      
   On 2025-06-25, Mike Easter  wrote:   
   > Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> maybe I should wait for the prices to go down.   
   >   
   > Ooh.  Similar devices are even cheaper if the hdd has been pulled, no   
   > OS. $70.   
   >   
   > Add an SSD and install linux.   
      
   That's the way I bought my 9020m computers. Shop Goodwill will sometimes   
   have them for about $20 or $25 (if you live in the U.S.). Add more memory,   
   an SSD and install Linux and you've got a good computer. (Unless you want to   
   play video games.)   
      
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