[KLUG Members] Pricing question?

[Jon Smitley]

Our little clinic is looking for a couple of older notebook PC's to put 
in a hallway as access points to our Win**/Un*x networks.  I would say 
~ 500Mhz would be plenty to handle the minimal load these would get.  
My questions is "What is a fair price for the older slower machines?"  
I've seen Celeron 800Mhz at $450 AND P3 650 at $550.  I think this is a 
little too much, but I really have no clue as to the fair market value. 
  These will probably get Linux with a terminal emulation program.  NICS 
will need to be had for both (wireless for one).  And the clincher is a 
COM port being a necessity to connect to the Un*x network.  Any 
thoughts on what the price range might be would be very appreciated.

Jon
Minding of Madness