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Mark Phillips
mark at phillipsmarketing.biz
Fri Oct 10 14:09:54 MST 2014
I agree with Brian....I would not put any money into a 3 year old laptop
when $100 is the incremental cost of a new laptop. Three years is a really
long time in the laptop world.
It is easy to find the issues with installing Linux on a laptop - just
google the model number and Linux. I have found that many others have
blazed the trail before and know where there are issues.
Either recycle the old laptop or use it as a web server, router, backup
device with attached USB drive(s), media server....the possibilities are
endless for a small footprint, lower than desktop power requirements, and a
built in batter backup...;)
Mark
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
> If your fixes are only $100 difference between a new laptop and fixing the
> old, I would just go for a new one. You will be better off for it.
>
> Brian
>
> On 10/10/2014 01:38 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
>> I'm happy with the laptop so I'm just going to get it fixed and save
>> myself around $100 .
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Mark Phillips
>> <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz <mailto:mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>> wrote:
>>
>> It is a little more challenging installing Linux with the Windows 8
>> secure boot, but there are lots of articles on the Internet to help
>> get over this annoyance. You could also buy a laptop from the Linux
>> laptop vendors - System 76 is one that comes to mind, and there are
>> several more.
>>
>> I have used a lot of Dell laptops and towers with Linux - just be
>> sure to check the hardware first. I am using my first System 76
>> laptop now, and I am very pleased with it.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Stephen Partington
>> <cryptworks at gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> not that i have experienced so far.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Michael Havens
>> <bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> if I were to get a new laptop would I have problems putting
>> Linux on it?
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Brian Cluff
>> <brian at snaptek.com <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Don't get me wrong. I've only had a couple of laptops
>> die ever. I just don't invest anything extra in them
>> after a couple of years. It just makes more sense to
>> save your money and get another better one than it does
>> to pour a bunch on money into a laptop that is well past
>> it's prime.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>>
>> On 10/10/2014 10:38 AM, techlists at phpcoderusa.com
>> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> My mileage has been much better
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2014-10-10 12:23, Brian Cluff wrote:
>>
>> I always figure that a laptop is good for about
>> 2 years. Anything you
>> get beyond that are bonus years, but I certainly
>> wouldn't put much
>> money/effort into repairing a laptop after the 2
>> year mark.
>>
>> That being said, I usually get more than 2 years
>> out of my laptops,
>> but I baby them, so they have really easy lives,
>> but I still wouldn't
>> put much into any of them except the one that is
>> under 2 years old.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> On 10/10/2014 09:42 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>
>> it is a 3 year old compaq. not that old!
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:39 AM,
>> <techlists at phpcoderusa.com
>> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.com>
>> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.__com
>> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.com>>> wrote:
>>
>> How old is the laptop and what brand?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2014-10-10 11:35, Michael Havens
>> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:14 AM,
>> <techlists at phpcoderusa.com
>> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.com>
>> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.__com
>>
>> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.com>>> wrote:
>>
>> My question is what is the
>> computer used for? Are you
>> using it
>> for your Linux from scratch
>> project?
>>
>>
>> Well.... what happened is I was
>> using my laptop as my main
>> computer
>> (which I have since learned is
>> BAD); I was running everything
>> through
>> it. Then the card reader didn't
>> work. No problem, I rarely
>> use that
>> feature anyways and I got a USB
>> Multicard Reader/Writer. Then
>> certain
>> keys started not working (and
>> things were progressively getting
>> worse). No problem, I got a USB
>> keyboard/mouse. Then when I
>> was at
>> the airport to go to FL I found the
>> internet switch didn't work.
>> Time
>> to take it to a repair shop. Well,
>> I can still use it for
>> finances
>> until I get it to a shop when I
>> return from Surfside. Then
>> the fan
>> wasn't working. Then I got back
>> from FL and took the computer
>> to a
>> repair shop.... SO I then took my
>> Linux from Scratch computer
>> and
>> turned it into my central computer.
>> This means I'll have to get
>> another computer for Linux from
>> Scratch and start all over with
>> LFS. I
>> told the lady at the repair shop
>> about the fan, the dropping
>> keys, and
>> the internet switch (forgot about
>> the reader). She got back
>> to me
>> yesterday and said that the fan was
>> working just fine and
>> that the
>> keyboard needed to be replaced. I
>> inquired about the internet
>> switch
>> and she said it was a part of the
>> keyboard. I'm now thinking
>> that the
>> card reader is a part of the
>> keyboard too but I don't know.
>>
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>> snooze button.
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