Linux.com | Linux breathes new life into old hardware: "ThinkPad 600E units tend to sell for around $300 on eBay. My ThinkPad 600E came equipped with a 366MHz Pentium II Mobile CPU, 256MB of PC66 SDRAM, and a 9.3GB 4,200RPM hard drive. That's theoretically much slower than the 3GHz laptops being produced today -- but notice I said 'theoretical.' Depending on your use, the speed difference can have either a major or hardly noticable impact. For raytracing fanatics, hardcore gamers, and encryption analysts, a ThinkPad 600E is not a suitable choice. For a typical user, however, who surfs the Internet, types papers, listens to music, creates Web sites, prints images from a digital camera, and balances a checkbook, the cost-effectiveness of the 600E is a clear advantage."