[DDN] $165 laptop

[Claude Almansi]

Hi All

I got a new laptop at CHF 200.- ( $165)  yesterday - well, "new" in
the sense of "another". Second-hand actually, a Digital HiNote ultra
2000 (1). Sure, the model has been around for almost a decade, I won't
go cavorting around Second Life or super-special-beta-testing any
secret super-special-new-fangled internet TV software with it - But
what the heck? the owner used it very little,it's light,  it's fast,
it doesn't overheat, and the battery has good staying power.

I've chucked most programs and temporarily installed firefox, which
gives me access to google docs for text editing and spreadsheets (2).
And I have asked on the forum of the local Linux Users' Group if
someone would show me how to replace the dubious Windows Me that came
on it with some version of Linux, and at what price. Then *maybe* I'll
add some other programs than firefox to it.

This is not a dig at the $100 laptop. There arent enough folks who
underuse their laptops and then sell them off to get a new model, to
cover the needs, probably. But why not have both possibilities?

Best

Claude

(1) http://h18000.www1.hp.com/legacysupport/digital/hinote_ultra_2000_specs.html
(2) Explorer would have too, but I'm too used to tab browsing and all
my Firefox extension to go back to Explorer 6.0.
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Claude Almansi
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