Upgrade from an '01 r30

[circularL7]

Hello.

I've been using this old R30 thinkpad (type 2656) for a little while, and I was very, very happy with it until the hdd failed this past weekend. I've used other laptops, but I never liked them well enough to buy, but I saw this dog used for a few dollars and bought it to experiment. I fell in love with it while running linux (puppy).

I had other issues with it: I had rigged the board battery, it seemed to run hot, and it offered low end performance and options. But, I really liked the size and layout.

Can/would you give me some advice? I'd like a machine that is the same size and has the same appearance, but I'd like something with nearly couple gigs of processor speed and RAM. I don't care about anything else because I'll just add whatever is missing. Are there popular models that would fit my needs, or is there a practical way to hunt them down?

I definitely need used; I can't justify the expense of new because I use it almost exclusively as a planner, note pad, and file cabinet. I hardly use it for multimedia.

Thanks for any and all help!

[ZaZ]

You might want to post over in the marketplace to see if anyone has anything in your price range. If you want a couple gigs of ram and CPU, I might suggest the R60. They should be fairly inexpensive without knowing your budget. Since you don't seem to need much processing power, you could go with an older Pentium M based system like a T4x, Z60 or R5x.

[circularL7]

Thanks!

[RealBlackStuff]

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