On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:21:31 -0800 Marvin Kosmal <[email protected]> dijo:
>> Linux should run just fine on it. Possible trouble areas: >> >> Suspend/resume >> Compiz for video, depends on the graphics chip >> Battery life >> >> But $350 sounds rather high to me for a machine that sounds like it >> is at least four or five years old. Thinkpads are well made, but not >> immortal. Check eBay. >Good tip > >Just looking for something cheap for the neighbor kid. He does work >for me. I'd look at the current crop of netbooks. It seems to me you can get one with faster CPU, more hard drive, for about the same price or less, and it will be brand new. Probably no DVD, though. But Free Geek could probably scare up a USB DVD drive. And it will be much lighter weight, easier to tote to school and back. I don't know if you can get a new netbook without OS or with Linux preinstalled, but various netbooks have been discussed on the list numerous times. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
