Re: [Hampshire] Surrey LUG Bring-a-box meeting: 13th April 2013, Sirus Corporation, Addlestone

[Robert Longstaff]

Hello. Just wanted to thank Andrew for hosting us this month and for 
Igor, Sam and Alan for their talks - they were very well received.


We had a great meeting with a very good turn-out, including a couple of 
newbies who told me they enjoyed it and planned to attend more!


See you again next month at RedHat in Farnborough. However, I hope to 
sort out a pub meet towards the end of this month before that.


robert_

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Re: [Hampshire] Free to a good home

[Benjie Gillam]

Any hardware and books that aren't wanted by others would probably be welcomed 
by Southampton Makerspace[1]; we can't promise to be a good home but it's 
better than sending them to the dump. If we can't find a use for them directly 
(for their intended purpose) then we'll try and take them apart and make use of 
their juicy innards - motors, lasers, voltage regulators, connectors, buttons, 
etc.

Plus it'd be nice for is to start a bit of a mini technical library...

We're generally not so interested in software though.

Of course offer them to HantsLUG/Freecycle members first; but if there's no 
takers (and you'll just trash it otherwise) then drop an email to 
donati...@somakeit.org.uk :)

Cheers,

Benjie.

[1]: http://somakeit.org.uk/ So Make It is a not for profit Makerspace, hosting 
both SoutHACKton (hardware hacking/electronics) and So RepRap (3D Printing), 
plus hopefully many more groups to come. We only opened 2 weeks ago!

On 13 Apr 2013, at 15:31, Paul Tansom  wrote:

> I am continuing my clearout and if anyone is interested in any of this ancient
> kit they are more than welcome. I'd prefer it to go in single lots (Mac and 
> PC)
> although the scanner could be an either or! Worded pretty much as per my
> Freecycle / Freegle post there is:
> 
> I have a selection of old PC bits to clear, mainly as parts for an enthusiast 
> I
> should imagine.
> 
> Software:
> Pagis Pro 2
> Visio 4
> Corel Draw 4
> 
> Parts:
> Dual P300 motherboard (I think!)
> Syquest Parallel port drive
> DVDs
> FDs
> ADSL wireless router
> PSU
> Mice
> PCI & AGP graphics cards
> etc.
> 
> Toshiba Satelite 1800-700
> Compaq Evo N160 (broken hinge)
> both no RAM or HD
> IBM P70 luggable (no idea if it works)
> 
> I also have an Epson SCSI flatbed scanner with slide adapter, although you 
> will
> need your own SCSI card and cable for it.
> 
> I have a selection of old (pre-OSX) Apple bits to get rid of that would suit a
> retro Mac enthusiast. I wouldn't suggest any of this is suitable for general
> use anymore.
> 
> Software:
> Apple Magic Collection
> WordPerfect
> FileMaker Pro
> Claris Works
> Claris HomePage
> Aldus PageMaker
> Norton Utilities
> Symantec AV
> MIDI Translator
> FormatterFive
> DOS Mounter 5.0
> Extreme 3D
> Freehand 7
> Illustrator 5.5
> Lemmings
> Perfect French
> 
> Odd cards nic / firewire
> CD drives
> 
> Mac SE
> Mac LC 475
> Performa 6320
> All three with keyboards and mice.
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Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

[Tim]

On 13/04/13 20:01, Sean Gibbins wrote:

Hi Folks,

My daughter's 21st is nearly upon us and she has told us that she 
would  like a new laptop.


We were idly browsing some in PC World today and it became apparent 
that they were all shipping with Windows 8.


Ellen is a Linux Mint user and would like to continue to use it on her 
new laptop, but I have heard that our normal MO, squashing Windows 
into a much smaller partition and then installing Mint on the back 
end, isn't an option.


It wouldn't be the end of the world if I had to claim back the Windows 
tax, but last time we enquired about it with Acer (she doesn't want 
another Acer btw) they wanted it shipped back to them (at our expense) 
so that they could remove it. We did the maths and calculated we stood 
to gain little more than a moral victory after paying for fully 
insured shipping, and therefore decided to leave Windows 7 where it 
was, which was just as well as it actually turned out to be useful for 
a couple of things in the end.


Anyway, I'm rambling now! Does anyone have any experience of such 
things that they would care to share?


Sean

I recently purchased a new HP PC for work (not my choice I was told that 
the one I had to order) and was concerned about it being Windows 8, my 
supplier said that it comes with Windows 7 installed and discs for 
windows 8, he also mentioned that many of the HP range of PC's and 
laptops for business are currently setup that way. Maybe if you can find 
a business supplier of HP and purchase one that way??


Tim

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Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

[Richard Bensley]

I think you should check out novatech, who are local and much more
forgiving with what you do or don't install.

Plus, they are much more likely to know which laptops can have Linux
installed without any secureboot fuss. The price is also cheaper if you buy
without an OS installed, so you can just turn it on and load Linux onto a
blank machine.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/

They even have a Linux section in their support forum:
http://forum.novatech.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?53-Linux




On 13 April 2013 20:01, Sean Gibbins  wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> My daughter's 21st is nearly upon us and she has told us that she would
>  like a new laptop.
>
> We were idly browsing some in PC World today and it became apparent that
> they were all shipping with Windows 8.
>
> Ellen is a Linux Mint user and would like to continue to use it on her new
> laptop, but I have heard that our normal MO, squashing Windows into a much
> smaller partition and then installing Mint on the back end, isn't an option.
>
> It wouldn't be the end of the world if I had to claim back the Windows
> tax, but last time we enquired about it with Acer (she doesn't want another
> Acer btw) they wanted it shipped back to them (at our expense) so that they
> could remove it. We did the maths and calculated we stood to gain little
> more than a moral victory after paying for fully insured shipping, and
> therefore decided to leave Windows 7 where it was, which was just as well
> as it actually turned out to be useful for a couple of things in the end.
>
> Anyway, I'm rambling now! Does anyone have any experience of such things
> that they would care to share?
>
> Sean
>
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Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

[Tim Brocklehurst]

Make sure you get the install discs for Win 8, then you should be able to 
install it in whatever partition size you wish.

Alternatively, E-buyer have a number of laptops shipping with windows 7 here: 
http://www.ebuyer.com/search?a05471=Windows+7+Pro+64bit&cat=10

Good luck,

Tim B.

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Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

[jlk]

On 2013-04-13 15:01, Sean Gibbins wrote:

Hi Folks,

My daughter's 21st is nearly upon us and she has told us that she
would  like a new laptop.

We were idly browsing some in PC World today and it became apparent
that they were all shipping with Windows 8.

Ellen is a Linux Mint user and would like to continue to use it on
her new laptop, but I have heard that our normal MO, squashing 
Windows

into a much smaller partition and then installing Mint on the back
end, isn't an option.


It appears to be doable: 
http://apcmag.com/how-to-dual-boot-windows-8-and-linux.htm



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[Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

[Sean Gibbins]

Hi Folks,

My daughter's 21st is nearly upon us and she has told us that she would  
like a new laptop.


We were idly browsing some in PC World today and it became apparent that 
they were all shipping with Windows 8.


Ellen is a Linux Mint user and would like to continue to use it on her 
new laptop, but I have heard that our normal MO, squashing Windows into 
a much smaller partition and then installing Mint on the back end, isn't 
an option.


It wouldn't be the end of the world if I had to claim back the Windows 
tax, but last time we enquired about it with Acer (she doesn't want 
another Acer btw) they wanted it shipped back to them (at our expense) 
so that they could remove it. We did the maths and calculated we stood 
to gain little more than a moral victory after paying for fully insured 
shipping, and therefore decided to leave Windows 7 where it was, which 
was just as well as it actually turned out to be useful for a couple of 
things in the end.


Anyway, I'm rambling now! Does anyone have any experience of such things 
that they would care to share?


Sean

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Re: [Hampshire] Free to a good home

[Vic]

Hi Paul,

> Compaq Evo N160 (broken hinge)

If no-one else wants this, could I have it, please?

Thanks!

Vic.


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[Hampshire] Free to a good home

[Paul Tansom]

I am continuing my clearout and if anyone is interested in any of this ancient
kit they are more than welcome. I'd prefer it to go in single lots (Mac and PC)
although the scanner could be an either or! Worded pretty much as per my
Freecycle / Freegle post there is:

I have a selection of old PC bits to clear, mainly as parts for an enthusiast I
should imagine.

Software:
Pagis Pro 2
Visio 4
Corel Draw 4

Parts:
Dual P300 motherboard (I think!)
Syquest Parallel port drive
DVDs
FDs
ADSL wireless router
PSU
Mice
PCI & AGP graphics cards
etc.

Toshiba Satelite 1800-700
Compaq Evo N160 (broken hinge)
both no RAM or HD
IBM P70 luggable (no idea if it works)

I also have an Epson SCSI flatbed scanner with slide adapter, although you will
need your own SCSI card and cable for it.

I have a selection of old (pre-OSX) Apple bits to get rid of that would suit a
retro Mac enthusiast. I wouldn't suggest any of this is suitable for general
use anymore.

Software:
Apple Magic Collection
WordPerfect
FileMaker Pro
Claris Works
Claris HomePage
Aldus PageMaker
Norton Utilities
Symantec AV
MIDI Translator
FormatterFive
DOS Mounter 5.0
Extreme 3D
Freehand 7
Illustrator 5.5
Lemmings
Perfect French

Odd cards nic / firewire
CD drives

Mac SE
Mac LC 475
Performa 6320
All three with keyboards and mice.

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