[bars] Low cost laptop

Larry Krainson wb1dby at gmail.com
Fri Nov 25 15:40:29 EST 2022 

I have the following laptop for sale. It is in excellent condition and
includes a docking station. Either support multiple monitors too.

It would make for an excellent ham radio computer and has a 6 hour new
battery too.

Price: $350

*Lenovo Mobile Work Station Laptop W550s*
500 gig SSD
Windows 10 Pro – not upgrade-able to Windows 11
16 gigs of ram
Intel Dual core i7 – 2.4 GHz CPU w/ a turbo boost to 3.0 GHz
New battery w/ 6 hour max life
15.6 inch HD screen 1920x1080 resolution
webcam, mic, speakers
3 USB ports
micro display port
15 pin VGA port
Wireless, gigabit Ethernet port, SD card port
charger/power adapter
Kensington lock port
Touch pad & track point
Numeric Keypad

*Lenovo Dock*
power and charging
3 USB 2.0 ports
3 USB 3.0 ports
gigabit Ethernet port
2 Display ports
HDMI port
Digital port
VGA 15 pin port
Speaker port

All in excellent condition & with original boxes

Location: Longmeadow, MA jst outside Springfield - I'd be willing to meet
anyone in Sturbridge or part way between us if coming from EMA.

This used to be my work computer. It has been well taken care of.
Contact me below.

Larry, W1AST

   - ARRL WMA Affiliated Club Coordinator
   - HCRA President
   - Visit my Ham Radio club website at: www.HCRA.org
   <http://www.hcra.org/>
   - Team K2H - 13 Colonies Massachusetts State Manager
   - Project Big E 2022 & 2023 Organizer
   - Proud Member of ARRL, FCARC & YCCC
   - 413-348-3289
   - W1AST at arrl.net





On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 3:05 PM ka1uln at arrl.net <ka1uln1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If  I can  BUTT  in here..
> i  got   2  one  for  POTA  and  one  for    my robotics  (great  for
>  arduino/rpi  stuff)
> also  it is a  perfect  laptop for kids.
>
> an actually for most  people if you are  gonna  just read  email and
>  search  web    it is  perfect
> you don't  have  to treat  it  delicate...
>
> ps:  I actually got  the   $58.00 laptop  not  the   99  laptop.. and  it
> is  working  great for me
> i told  many people to get  it  for  their  kids
>
> any way  I hope everyone  enjoyed  the  holidat/day off
> 73  Niece
>
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 2:05 PM Larry Krainson <wb1dby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 8 gigs is still a good minimum Tom. 8 is fine for nearly anyone unless
>> they are doing some heavy duty editing or work or a lot of multitasking.
>> But 4 gigs will barely cut it today. You want at a minimum an AMD Ryzen 3
>> or Intel i3 processor running at least 1.6 Ghz with around a 4 Ghz boost.
>> 1.9 Ghz or higher is even better.
>>
>> I run an AMD Ryzen 5 Pro (multi core cpu) 3.2 Ghz with 8 gigs and a 256
>> gig SSD as my ham radio computer and it runs everything I throw at it works
>> great. And multi-tasks with ease. But for most a 3 series should be fine.
>> (My work machine is MUCH more powerful)
>>
>> A celeron or other ancient processor is crummy and slow. If that's good
>> enough for you, then fine. But I wouldn't touch it and have never sold one
>> in my business ever. The celeron goes back 20 years technology wise and is
>> a cpu w/o a math coprocessor. If you're doing internet browsing, email or
>> word processing, or something else basic. Then fine. But it's not fast and
>> never was.
>>
>> Plus there are a LOT of old cpu's out there that are crap like the
>> celeron. It really depends on what you want to do. Spend less and get much
>> less. Spend more and get something that you won't need to upgrade or
>> outgrow any time soon.
>>
>> Larry, W1AST
>>
>>    - ARRL WMA Affiliated Club Coordinator
>>    - HCRA President
>>    - Visit my Ham Radio club website at: www.HCRA.org
>>    <http://www.hcra.org/>
>>    - Team K2H - 13 Colonies Massachusetts State Manager
>>    - Project Big E 2022 & 2023 Organizer
>>    - Proud Member of ARRL, FCARC & YCCC
>>    - 413-348-3289
>>    - W1AST at arrl.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 12:44 PM Tom Walsh <k1tw at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Larry what do you recommend for RAM today.  I used to consider 8 GB as a
>>> bare minimum but not any more.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org> *On Behalf Of *Larry Krainson
>>> *Sent:* Friday, November 25, 2022 12:15 PM
>>> *To:* Tim KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com>
>>> *Cc:* bars at w1hh.org
>>> *Subject:* Re: [bars] Low cost laptop
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The cpu is lousy, not enough ram, very under powered. Not even worth the
>>> $99. Buyer beware.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Larry, W1AST
>>>
>>>    - ARRL WMA Affiliated Club Coordinator
>>>    - HCRA President
>>>    - Visit my Ham Radio club website at: www.HCRA.org
>>>    <http://www.hcra.org/>
>>>    - Team K2H - 13 Colonies Massachusetts State Manager
>>>    - Project Big E 2022 & 2023 Organizer
>>>    - Proud Member of ARRL, FCARC & YCCC
>>>    - 413-348-3289
>>>    - W1AST at arrl.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 10:31 AM Tim KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Microcenter has a $99 Black Friday deal on a entry level laptop.  When I
>>> checked it this morning (~1030A on Friday) there were more than 25
>>> available at the Cambridge store.  I do not have any experience with this
>>> specific model but based on the stats it should be sufficient for logging
>>> and very likely digital modes.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.microcenter.com/product/652909/asus-br1100cka-ys02-116-laptop-computer-gray?sku=437715&utm_source=20221125_BF_Computer_Parts_R7397&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=R7397&MccGuid=861C7DB9-8096-40DB-A938-1C3945B71953
>>>
>>> 73, Tim - KC1RET
>>>
>>> --
>>>
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>>> jack.
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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