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[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 l
- 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 l
- From: edwardp at linuxmail.org (edwardp at linuxmail.org)
- Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 16:44:36 -0400
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My ThinkPad T43 (IBM-logo'd, but references it was manufactured by Lenovo on the bottom) is still going. Its BIOS is from 2005 and is happily running Fedora today. On 05/31/2015 03:58 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > 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 > >
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