Is it my imagination, or are 8 year old laptops much more physically robust than their modern counterparts? I have two laptops from 2006 that are still humming along with Lubuntu, while most of my later-purchased laptops physically fell apart.
Of course, the later purchased ones were used by my kids. But the 2006 ones were visibly built like tanks. SteveT Steve Litt May 2015 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz On Sat, 30 May 2015 07:04:09 -0400 Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org> wrote: > Also possibly consider a refurbished unit. > Some PC makers sell them direct, such as Dell. > Microcenter http://www.microcenter.com/ has store pickup > Amazon also does refurbished. > http://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n%3A565108%2Cp_n_condition-type%3A2224372011 > > However, I would be a bit selective. > > > On 05/26/2015 07:41 PM, John Abreau wrote: > > I have an Acer Aspire laptop that I'm very happy with. I purchased > > it several years ago for about $250. It originally had 2 GB of RAM, > > which I later upgraded to 8 GB, and the RAM upgrade may have kicked > > the total cost above the $299 limit. > > > > The current model is selling at Amazon for $294. > > > > http://amzn.com/B00P6FM23W > > > > > > On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) > > <b...@nedharvey.com <mailto:b...@nedharvey.com>> wrote: > > > > hehehehe, wanna try that again with the message in the message > > body instead of the subject? > > > > Subject truncated. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces+blu > > <mailto:discuss-bounces%2Bblu>=nedharvey....@blu.org > > <mailto:nedharvey....@blu.org>] On > > > Behalf Of John J. Herda > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:58 PM > > > To: BLU Discussion List; Jerry Feldman > > > Subject: [Discuss] My HP Pavilion's HD bit the dust and it is > > > 13 > > years old, so > > > instead of replacing the disk again, I would like a new > > > laptop. > > But I would like > > > to pay <$300. I do not expect the best or the biggest. I have > > been told that > > > some computers do not li... > > > > > > John J. Herda > > > 10 Tinkham Avenue > > > Burlington, MA 01803-1538 > > > > > > john_j_he...@yahoo.com <mailto:john_j_he...@yahoo.com> > > > cell: 781-249-2396 <tel:781-249-2396> > > > home: 781-273-0269 <tel:781-273-0269> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Discuss mailing list > > > Discuss@blu.org <mailto:Discuss@blu.org> > > > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss@blu.org <mailto:Discuss@blu.org> > > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > > > -- > > John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix > > Email: abre...@gmail.com <mailto:abre...@gmail.com> / WWW > > http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 > > PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 > > 63C6 > > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
