<div dir="ltr">I'm happy with the laptop so I'm just going to get it fixed and save myself around $100 .</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Mark Phillips <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mark@phillipsmarketing.biz" target="_blank">mark@phillipsmarketing.biz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>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. <br><br></div>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.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br>Mark<br></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Stephen Partington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com" target="_blank">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">not that i have experienced so far.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Michael Havens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">if I were to get a new laptop would I have problems putting Linux on it?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Brian Cluff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian@snaptek.com" target="_blank">brian@snaptek.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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Brian</font></span><div><div><br>
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On 10/10/2014 10:38 AM, <a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com" target="_blank">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a> wrote:<br>
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My mileage has been much better<br>
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On 2014-10-10 12:23, Brian Cluff wrote:<br>
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I always figure that a laptop is good for about 2 years. Anything you<br>
get beyond that are bonus years, but I certainly wouldn't put much<br>
money/effort into repairing a laptop after the 2 year mark.<br>
<br>
That being said, I usually get more than 2 years out of my laptops,<br>
but I baby them, so they have really easy lives, but I still wouldn't<br>
put much into any of them except the one that is under 2 years old.<br>
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Brian<br>
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On 10/10/2014 09:42 AM, Michael Havens wrote:<br>
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it is a 3 year old compaq. not that old!<br>
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:-)~MIKE~(-:<br>
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On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:39 AM, <<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com" target="_blank">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com" target="_blank">techlists@phpcoderusa.<u></u>com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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How old is the laptop and what brand?<br>
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On 2014-10-10 11:35, Michael Havens wrote:<br>
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On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:14 AM, <<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com" target="_blank">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a><br>
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My question is what is the computer used for? Are you<br>
using it<br>
for your Linux from scratch project?<br>
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Well.... what happened is I was using my laptop as my main<br>
computer<br>
(which I have since learned is BAD); I was running everything<br>
through<br>
it. Then the card reader didn't work. No problem, I rarely<br>
use that<br>
feature anyways and I got a USB Multicard Reader/Writer. Then<br>
certain<br>
keys started not working (and things were progressively getting<br>
worse). No problem, I got a USB keyboard/mouse. Then when I<br>
was at<br>
the airport to go to FL I found the internet switch didn't work.<br>
Time<br>
to take it to a repair shop. Well, I can still use it for<br>
finances<br>
until I get it to a shop when I return from Surfside. Then<br>
the fan<br>
wasn't working. Then I got back from FL and took the computer<br>
to a<br>
repair shop.... SO I then took my Linux from Scratch computer<br>
and<br>
turned it into my central computer. This means I'll have to get<br>
another computer for Linux from Scratch and start all over with<br>
LFS. I<br>
told the lady at the repair shop about the fan, the dropping<br>
keys, and<br>
the internet switch (forgot about the reader). She got back<br>
to me<br>
yesterday and said that the fan was working just fine and<br>
that the<br>
keyboard needed to be replaced. I inquired about the internet<br>
switch<br>
and she said it was a part of the keyboard. I'm now thinking<br>
that the<br>
card reader is a part of the keyboard too but I don't know.<br>
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