Old Hardware

[vodhner at cox.net]

Jeff Garland wrote:
> Well, except AZstruct gave me Thinkpad memory . . . so that
> I could  upgrade some laptops . . . which I install Linux on 

Really.  Give 'em a break, they're the good guys too.

I'm sure AzSTRUT has a lot of clients who need to have Windows
(ref. my previous posting) to meet their immediate needs.  I recently
set up a machine that could run XP but not Xubuntu.  (I dual-booted
it with Feather Linux, but that was really lame.)  XP tends to run,
along a fashion, on a lot of those old boxes with PCI devices.  So
it makes sense for an outfit like AzSTRUT, concerned mostly with
the hardware, to use the OS most likely to plug and play.

It's great that RedSeven is doing what they're doing, but I doubt their
clients have the same kinds of application requirements.  We should
give credit to anyone who's filling the need, and be available to draw
them away from their nasty entanglements when they're ready.

BTW, when I got my new 22" monitor, I took the business to Data Doctors
expecting to pay a premium.  I told them I wanted to do some business
with them in thanks for their accepting all my old junk for AzSTRUT.
But it turns out they beat Best Buy and Fry's prices for equivalent
hardware.  :-)

Vic