Re: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-18 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 7/18/22, James H. H. Lampert wrote: >>> Another place to look is your local laptop store. My current laptop, >>> as well as its predecessor, are refurbished ThinkPads I bought there >>> for about $300. They run Linux just fine. > > "Local laptop store?" > > Not quite sure I've heard of such

Re: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-18 Thread Dan Ritter
James H. H. Lampert wrote: > > As it happens, my beat-up old DOSbook (an old Compaq Contura 486) crapped > out on me, a couple months ago, and I'm looking for something of about the > same physical dimensions (or a bit smaller and lighter) to replace it. > Something old enough to have a floppy

Re: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-18 Thread James H. H. Lampert
Another place to look is your local laptop store. My current laptop, as well as its predecessor, are refurbished ThinkPads I bought there for about $300. They run Linux just fine. "Local laptop store?" Not quite sure I've heard of such a thing, at least not recently. My Chromebook came from

Re: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-18 Thread Dekks Herton
"Rick Thomas" writes: > On Sun, Jul 17, 2022, at 1:59 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> On Sun Jul 17 09:16:57 2022 Dekks Herton wrote: >> >> > john doe writes: >> > >> >> I'm comtemplating buying a Pinebook pro but I'm not sure if this is >> >> better then buying a Windows laptop and putting

Re: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-17 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sun, Jul 17, 2022, at 1:59 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On Sun Jul 17 09:16:57 2022 Dekks Herton wrote: > > > john doe writes: > > > >> I'm comtemplating buying a Pinebook pro but I'm not sure if this is > >> better then buying a Windows laptop and putting linux on it. > >> > >> I'm

Re: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-17 Thread Charlie Gibbs
On Sun Jul 17 09:16:57 2022 Dekks Herton wrote: > john doe writes: > >> I'm comtemplating buying a Pinebook pro but I'm not sure if this is >> better then buying a Windows laptop and putting linux on it. >> >> I'm looking for something cheap (max would be around 300 bucks), >> do you have any

Re: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-17 Thread Dekks Herton
john doe writes: > I'm comtemplating buying a Pinebook pro but I'm not sure if this is > better then buying a Windows laptop and putting linux on it. > > I'm looking for something cheap (max would be around 300 bucks), do you > have any suggestions/ideas? 2nd hand Thinkpad off ebay, craigslist

Re: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-16 Thread john doe
On 7/11/2022 2:29 PM, Charles Curley wrote: On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:32:49 +0200 john doe wrote: I'm comtemplating buying a Pinebook pro but I'm not sure if this is better then buying a Windows laptop and putting linux on it. I'm looking for something cheap (max would be around 300 bucks), do

Re: Converting an old Chromebook to pure Debian, was: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-13 Thread Joel Roth
On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 11:55:02AM +0100, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > Hi, inspired by: > > On 11/07/2022 08:32, john doe wrote: > > > I'm looking for something cheap (max would be around 300 bucks), do you > > have any suggestions/ideas? > > > My local Cash-Converter/Generator(s) have plenty of

Re: Converting an old Chromebook to pure Debian, was: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-12 Thread Dan Ritter
Ottavio Caruso wrote: > On 11/07/2022 12:20, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > > On 11/07/2022 08:32, john doe wrote: > > > > > > > I'm looking for something cheap (max would be around 300 bucks), do you > > > > have any suggestions/ideas? > > > > > > > > > My local

Re: Converting an old Chromebook to pure Debian, was: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-11 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 7:36 AM Dan Ritter wrote: > Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > On 11/07/2022 08:32, john doe wrote: > > > > > I'm looking for something cheap (max would be around 300 bucks), do you > > > have any suggestions/ideas? > > > > > > My local Cash-Converter/Generator(s) have plenty of

Re: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-11 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:32:49 +0200 john doe wrote: > I'm comtemplating buying a Pinebook pro but I'm not sure if this is > better then buying a Windows laptop and putting linux on it. > > I'm looking for something cheap (max would be around 300 bucks), do > you have any suggestions/ideas?

Re: Converting an old Chromebook to pure Debian, was: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-11 Thread Dan Ritter
Ottavio Caruso wrote: > On 11/07/2022 08:32, john doe wrote: > > > I'm looking for something cheap (max would be around 300 bucks), do you > > have any suggestions/ideas? > > > My local Cash-Converter/Generator(s) have plenty of old-ish Chromebooks for > £50 or less. > > I know it's possible

Re: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-11 Thread tomas
On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 05:45:38PM +1000, David wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:32:49 +0200 > john doe wrote: > > > Debians, > > > > I'm comtemplating buying a Pinebook pro but I'm not sure if this is > > better then buying a Windows laptop and putting linux on it. > > > > I'm looking for

Re: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-11 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 3:33 AM john doe wrote: > Debians, > > I'm comtemplating buying a Pinebook pro but I'm not sure if this is > better then buying a Windows laptop and putting linux on it. > > I'm looking for something cheap (max would be around 300 bucks), do you > have any

Re: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-11 Thread David
On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:32:49 +0200 john doe wrote: > Debians, > > I'm comtemplating buying a Pinebook pro but I'm not sure if this is > better then buying a Windows laptop and putting linux on it. > > I'm looking for something cheap (max would be around 300 bucks), do you > have any

OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-11 Thread john doe
Debians, I'm comtemplating buying a Pinebook pro but I'm not sure if this is better then buying a Windows laptop and putting linux on it. I'm looking for something cheap (max would be around 300 bucks), do you have any suggestions/ideas? -- John Doe