You can easily put together a new mini-itx system that'll happily run the latest Linux desktop software for under $300. Source: I just did. What are you planning on running on the thing? Unless you're doing REALLY heavy stuff you should be fine. On Wed, 6 Nov 2013, Tom Poe wrote: > Hello: Time for me to think about purchasing used desktop that can handle > latest linux software. How old can I go? Less than $200 price range still > reasonable expectation? Any thoughts appreciated. > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >