Thankyou - Re: Hardware question from "fly-over country"

[Richard Owlett]

Richard Owlett wrote:
> I'm in RURAL SW Missouri. A local used/surplus computer store is
> offering a Dell Latitude D620 (4GB memory, 80GB hard drive, Intel Core
> Duo @ 2.4 GHz) for ~$500. It reportedly has the majority of
> manufacturer's warranty.
>
> Any comments on how suitable a Linux platform this would be?
>
> TIA
>

Thanks to various answers received I did enough research to 
find the store was not telling me everything. Browsing 
newegg.com indicates I should be able to get a NEW name 
brand similar unit for the same or lower price. Someone 
mentioned linux-laptop.net, it should give me an idea if any 
choice I make is reasonable.

Thank you.