Because some folks need one in the garage or shop to read PDF and on-line documents while fixing or building things. On 12/08/14 19:59, Stephen Partington wrote: > Why would I want one of these ancient monsters... I am better off with a > VM. > > On Dec 8, 2014 7:18 PM, "Michael Havens" > wrote: > > There isn't really an excuse not to have a second PC with all of the > windows PCs that are being donated to second hand stores/thrift > shops. You go in there and look at what they want for the computers > and then find a person to negotiate a price with and if it has an OS > less than windows seven start negotiations at 1/4 to 1/2 what they > are asking. I got a Vista PC for $25. Tell them that the PC you are > looking at has an operating system that is no longer supported and > that because of that it will take extra work. > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss