Bootable CD w/OS for firewall
Drew Taylor
drew at drewtaylor.com
Fri Sep 17 13:26:01 EDT 2004
David Kramer wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, miah wrote:
>
>>standardize on a form-factor or that non-vendor replacements were
>>actually cheaper.
>
> That's the major problem with laptops. They are made of all proprietary
> components, except for the memory and hard drive and CPU.
And more importantly, it would prevent the laptop manufacturers from
charging $200 a pop for a new battery! I've had OK luck on ebay for my
dell batteries, but even there people want $100 for a new battery.
Refurbs go for around $50.
Drew
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