All, thanks for the feedback. I'll point him to the new ones on Geizhals. This friend did check willhaben.at and there are plenty, but asked me to post here because metalab might possibly more trustworthy.

Sergii: I'm curious -- why do you perceive asking on behalf of a friend as suspicious / negative? 

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Philipp Marek <philipp@marek.priv.at> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 16:57, Chris Hager <chris@linuxuser.at> wrote:
>
>> A friend of mine is looking for a second hand notebook for around euro 150
>> - 200. Should be more or less fast and have 2-4GB RAM.
>> Let me know if anybody wants to sell something like that.
>>
>
> It's always suspicious when someone's asking on behalf of their "friend" ;)
> Have you tried Willhaben already? There many laptops that fit your
> description. Try it out - http://goo.gl/m0Zgp

Does it make sense to buy something used, when a new one is eg. €211?
   http://geizhals.at/?cat=nb&xf=12_2048&sort=p

I'd think the warranty alone would be worth that money.