the old, I would just go for a new one. You will be better off for it.
> 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>
> <mailto: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>
> <mailto: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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