Re: [tlug] buy a Linux or OS-free laptop in Tokyo

[Doug McLean <dmclean635@example.com>]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Gernot Hassenpflug<aikishugyo@example.com> wrote:
> On 7/31/09, Edmund Edgar <lists@example.com> wrote:
>> Some people see this as a matter of principle, in which case fair
>>  enough, but if you're just looking at getting the most computer for
>>  your money you may well be better off looking on kakaku.com /../
>
> Yahoo Auctions alo has pretty decent prices for older laptops, and
> there are usually some---heavily discounted----that do not have an
> installed OS.
>
> Egads!
>  Gernot

Given that Linux and BSD are always playing catchup for device drivers
and such, I think buying a slightly older laptop (maybe 1-2 years
behind top-of-the-line ones) is great advice.  I did that before with
a really old Dell years ago I used to run RedHat (pre-RHEL) on.  Years
of fun with that old Pentium 133MMX.  :)

-- 
Doug McLean

Blog: http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/