From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Moe Trin wrote:   
   > On Tue, 26 Jun 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in   
   article   
   > , Adam wrote:   
      
   > The cheapest laptop I've seen recently... [US $280-380 ... ]   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Reasonable, but older units probably will be needing a new battery   
   > sooner than not, and that may be significant.   
      
   I've never owned a laptop, so I never would have thought of that.  Maybe   
   "Freecycle" is my best bet. ;-)   
      
   >> Do you mean the laptop computer won't have Wi-Fi, or that most places   
   >> don't offer Wi-Fi?   
   >   
   > The latter - and just because it's available in the cafeteria or the   
   > quad (for lack of a better term) doesn't mean it's available in any   
   > or all classrooms.   
      
   I don't /need/ a laptop... I just thought it might be fun if it's not   
   too expensive (for me, that means around US $100).  OTOH I still do my   
   final revisions in longhand.   
      
   Adam   
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