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>
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
> > wrote:
>
>> not that i have experienced so far.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Michael Havens <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> 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 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>> 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@phpcoderusa.com
>>>>>>> <mailto:techlists@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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>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
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