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[Stephen Partington]

not that i have experienced so far.

On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at 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 at 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 at 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 at phpcoderusa.com
>>>>> <mailto:techlists at 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 at phpcoderusa.com
>>>>>         <mailto:techlists at 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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