My buddy's work (purdue university) unloaded two Sony Vaios of 2006 vintage:
-VGN-TXN17P: Core solo ultra-ultraportable (netbook size, but has a DVD drive). 2GB RAM, not webcam... but does have a celluar modem.
-PCG-6L1L: Core Duo 14",1GB RAM, Has Nvidia Graphics (7400Go) which do still work... surprisingly this wasn't on sony's "affected" list in regards to bumpgate. Also has a celluar modem
Both are in like-new condition, barely used, with power bricks... Tossed because they were not university owned and as such, could not be sent to university surplus.... and he wasn't in a position to keep them (if I didn't take em they'd be parted).
They Run OK... but I haven't been able to SLIC the BIOS in a way the flasher likes (some sort of checksum ???)... and since they're sony, at least for the big one, Nvidia's drivers are no good (minus a sorta old one from windows update)... so I plan to straight linux them, with some upgrades:
-Ultraportable: SSD, as the 80GB 4200RPM 1.8" ZIF drive is slow as dog poo... The cpu is soldered and I don't see a point in running 3GB of RAM (If it would even work on the i945, as the Soldered 1GB and the slotted 1GB are on the same channel)
-14": 2GB/4GB RAM, C2D (to get 64 Bit capabilities)...
Not bad for free?
edit- I see the 14" has some weird hybrid graphics system... maybe that's what the speed/stamina switch is for... may be no good for linux then (unless I use nouvea, as the nvidia blob doesn't play well with the intel driver (or any other driver for that matter).
-VGN-TXN17P: Core solo ultra-ultraportable (netbook size, but has a DVD drive). 2GB RAM, not webcam... but does have a celluar modem.
-PCG-6L1L: Core Duo 14",1GB RAM, Has Nvidia Graphics (7400Go) which do still work... surprisingly this wasn't on sony's "affected" list in regards to bumpgate. Also has a celluar modem
Both are in like-new condition, barely used, with power bricks... Tossed because they were not university owned and as such, could not be sent to university surplus.... and he wasn't in a position to keep them (if I didn't take em they'd be parted).
They Run OK... but I haven't been able to SLIC the BIOS in a way the flasher likes (some sort of checksum ???)... and since they're sony, at least for the big one, Nvidia's drivers are no good (minus a sorta old one from windows update)... so I plan to straight linux them, with some upgrades:
-Ultraportable: SSD, as the 80GB 4200RPM 1.8" ZIF drive is slow as dog poo... The cpu is soldered and I don't see a point in running 3GB of RAM (If it would even work on the i945, as the Soldered 1GB and the slotted 1GB are on the same channel)
-14": 2GB/4GB RAM, C2D (to get 64 Bit capabilities)...
Not bad for free?
edit- I see the 14" has some weird hybrid graphics system... maybe that's what the speed/stamina switch is for... may be no good for linux then (unless I use nouvea, as the nvidia blob doesn't play well with the intel driver (or any other driver for that matter).
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