Hi, I am in full agreement with what others have said prier to my post.That said a month or two ago I could have purchaced a used IBM T-22 for $850 from the IBM Ebay store. You can find deals like that if you are looking. It all depends on what is up at the time, and what they want for it. Typically, new notebooks go for $1200 on Ebay and I have no probls spending that for a notebook, and that is usually half the retail price.