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On 2014-10-10 13:45, Michael Havens 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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