From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Moe Trin wrote:   
   > On Sat, 23 Jun 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in   
   article   
   > , Adam wrote:   
   >   
   >>> One store is offering a Hitachi Deathstar (2 TB   
   >>> ATA600) drive for only $110   
   >   
   >> Where (what kind of store) is that?  I'm beginning to think a cheap   
   >> laptop might be useful for class and elsewhere.   
   >   
   > The hard disk and memory were listed in the Phoenix Frys Electronics   
   > ads on Friday.   As for lappies themselves, prices can vary quite a   
   > lot   
      
   The ~$100 (US) price was what caught my attention, even if its   
   capabilities are minimal.  If I really want one around that price, maybe   
   I'd be better off getting something a few years old and running a   
   smaller distro on it.   
      
   > As for using a laptop in class, it may or may not be useful. Certainly   
   > I'm seeing them in most classes I've taken over the past three years,   
   > and that's one reason I bought mine.   
      
   For some of my classes it might be useful, in others it definitely   
   wouldn't.  This fall is another writing course, so I'm guessing it would   
   probably be useful there.   
      
   > Minor problem - in the   
   > classroom there may not be AC power conveniently available   
      
   Yep, could be a problem.   
      
   > you probably won't have network access   
      
   Do you mean the laptop computer won't have Wi-Fi, or that most places   
   don't offer Wi-Fi?  I gather much of the campus is a "hot spot".  I   
   remember seeing students in the cafeteria using their laptops without   
   any cables.   
      
   I don't /need/ a laptop; it was just that the ~$100 price caught my eye.   
     Would most older laptops be supported by Linux, or is it a   
   model-by-model thing?   
      
   Adam   
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