[Discuss] Linux on laptops

[Steve Litt]

On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 09:21:38 -0500
Robert Krawitz <rlk at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 09:18:51 -0500, Kent Borg wrote:
> > On 11/12/2015 09:17 AM, Robert Krawitz wrote:
> >> Another option is to buy a used laptop on eBay. 
> >
> > Isn't buying a used laptop a bit like buying a used sports car? Each
> > might have had a rough time in its earlier life?
> 
> Perhaps, but you can get a lot more (except processor speed) for your
> money.  I've bought five that way since 2000, and only had reliability
> problems with one.

U sure? I can go to Costco right now and bag a multicore modern
processor with 4GB of RAM and well over 500GB of RAM for $400. How much
less do you have to spend for a working used computer?

SteveT

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