<div dir="ltr"><div>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.<br><br></div><div>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.<br><br></div><div>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...;)<br></div><div><br></div><div>Mark<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 1:44 PM, 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">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.<br>
<br>
Brian<span class=""><br>
<br>
On 10/10/2014 01:38 PM, Michael Havens wrote:<br>
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">
I'm happy with the laptop so I'm just going to get it fixed and save<br>
myself around $100 .<br>
<br>
:-)~MIKE~(-:<br>
<br>
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Mark Phillips<br></span><span class="">
<<a href="mailto:mark@phillipsmarketing.biz" target="_blank">mark@phillipsmarketing.biz</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mark@phillipsmarketing.biz" target="_blank">mark@<u></u>phillipsmarketing.biz</a>>> wrote:<br>
<br>
It is a little more challenging installing Linux with the Windows 8<br>
secure boot, but there are lots of articles on the Internet to help<br>
get over this annoyance. You could also buy a laptop from the Linux<br>
laptop vendors - System 76 is one that comes to mind, and there are<br>
several more.<br>
<br>
I have used a lot of Dell laptops and towers with Linux - just be<br>
sure to check the hardware first. I am using my first System 76<br>
laptop now, and I am very pleased with it.<br>
<br>
Mark<br>
<br>
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Stephen Partington<br></span><span class="">
<<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com" target="_blank">cryptworks@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com" target="_blank">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
<br>
not that i have experienced so far.<br>
<br>
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Michael Havens<br></span><span class="">
<<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
<br>
if I were to get a new laptop would I have problems putting<br>
Linux on it?<br>
<br>
:-)~MIKE~(-:<br>
<br>
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Brian Cluff<br></span><span class="">
<<a href="mailto:brian@snaptek.com" target="_blank">brian@snaptek.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:brian@snaptek.com" target="_blank">brian@snaptek.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
<br>
Don't get me wrong. I've only had a couple of laptops<br>
die ever. I just don't invest anything extra in them<br>
after a couple of years. It just makes more sense to<br>
save your money and get another better one than it does<br>
to pour a bunch on money into a laptop that is well past<br>
it's prime.<br>
<br>
Brian<br>
<br>
<br>
On 10/10/2014 10:38 AM, <a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com" target="_blank">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a><br></span><span class="">
<mailto:<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com" target="_blank">techlists@phpcoderusa.<u></u>com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
My mileage has been much better<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 2014-10-10 12:23, Brian Cluff wrote:<br>
<br>
I always figure that a laptop is good for about<br>
2 years. Anything you<br>
get beyond that are bonus years, but I certainly<br>
wouldn't put much<br>
money/effort into repairing a laptop after the 2<br>
year mark.<br>
<br>
That being said, I usually get more than 2 years<br>
out of my laptops,<br>
but I baby them, so they have really easy lives,<br>
but I still wouldn't<br>
put much into any of them except the one that is<br>
under 2 years old.<br>
<br>
Brian<br>
<br>
On 10/10/2014 09:42 AM, Michael Havens wrote:<br>
<br>
it is a 3 year old compaq. not that old!<br>
<br>
:-)~MIKE~(-:<br>
<br>
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:39 AM,<br>
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<mailto:<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com" target="_blank">techlists@phpcoderusa.<u></u>com</a>>>> wrote:<br>
<br>
How old is the laptop and what brand?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 2014-10-10 11:35, Michael Havens wrote:<br>
<br>
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:14 AM,<br>
<<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com" target="_blank">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a><br>
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<br>
My question is what is the<br>
computer used for? Are you<br>
using it<br>
for your Linux from scratch<br>
project?<br>
<br>
<br>
Well.... what happened is I was<br>
using my laptop as my main<br>
computer<br>
(which I have since learned is<br>
BAD); I was running everything<br>
through<br>
it. Then the card reader didn't<br>
work. No problem, I rarely<br>
use that<br>
feature anyways and I got a USB<br>
Multicard Reader/Writer. Then<br>
certain<br>
keys started not working (and<br>
things were progressively getting<br>
worse). No problem, I got a USB<br>
keyboard/mouse. Then when I<br>
was at<br>
the airport to go to FL I found the<br>
internet switch didn't work.<br>
Time<br>
to take it to a repair shop. Well,<br>
I can still use it for<br>
finances<br>
until I get it to a shop when I<br>
return from Surfside. Then<br>
the fan<br>
wasn't working. Then I got back<br>
from FL and took the computer<br>
to a<br>
repair shop.... SO I then took my<br>
Linux from Scratch computer<br>
and<br>
turned it into my central computer.<br>
This means I'll have to get<br>
another computer for Linux from<br>
Scratch and start all over with<br>
LFS. I<br>
told the lady at the repair shop<br>
about the fan, the dropping<br>
keys, and<br>
the internet switch (forgot about<br>
the reader). She got back<br>
to me<br>
yesterday and said that the fan was<br>
working just fine and<br>
that the<br>
keyboard needed to be replaced. I<br>
inquired about the internet<br>
switch<br>
and she said it was a part of the<br>
keyboard. I'm now thinking<br>
that the<br>
card reader is a part of the<br>
keyboard too but I don't know.<br>
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