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...;)MarkOn Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Brian Cluff <brian@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@phillipsmarketing.biz <mailto:mark@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@gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>> wrote:
not that i have experienced so far.
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Michael Havens
<bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@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@snaptek.com <mailto:brian@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@phpcoderusa.com
<mailto:techlists@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@phpcoderusa.com
<mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com>
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<mailto:techlists@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,
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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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