Sounds like a good chain, it just amused me a bit that it had the same name as a completely different chain here. Unfortunately "thrift stores" here tend to be in the form of "charity shops" which often don't sell anything very good. Most of them are not allowed to sell electrical items due to "health and safety" rules.

I agree with collecting laptops in terms of space! I've got a 145b, a 520c, a 1400 and a 2300 and they all fit inside my travelling trunk. It'd be very difficult to carry 4 desktops about like that!