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If only this gasoline-powered laptop were real

Rob Beschizza
May 04, 2026
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Supposedly to be found on the Springfield, Missouri Facebook Marketplace, this unusual vintage Dell laptop has an Intel Core 2 duo processor, 2GB of RAM, a 120GB hard drive, and Windows XP. Justifying the $850 price tag, perhaps, is an unusual power supply: a 2-stroke engine. The seller demands cash, but reassures potential buyers that it “starts easy.”…

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