[CS-FSLUG] A little advice, please

[Nigel Ridley]

Ed Hurst wrote:
> My original message was trapped because I use the wrong sending address. 
> I  was lamenting the death of my desktop box. From the messages, I 
> gather the  CPU is getting marginal. I've seen the symptoms before. So I 
> put that  aside, and am now restricted to the laptop featured in my 
> latest Ofb.biz  article.
> 
> Now, I'm grateful to God this thing still works well after all these  
> years. Frank Bax sent me a 4GB harddrive to fit this laptop because the  
> other was dead, and just in time. Still, that's not much room, even 
> with  the spare requirements of FreeBSD. And this old Gateway Solo with 
> 266Mhz  CPU and 160MB of RAM is just not a lot to work with.
> 
> So I'm saving up for a newer laptop, because it fits the way I work 
> better  than a desktop machine. I may even get help from a friend who 
> supports my  ministry, and I'll always accept donations, because my 
> computers belong to  God. I know that there are some pretty good used 
> laptops out there, and  anything from a 500Mhz on up would be big leap 
> in performance. Googling  brings back way too much, and I have no 
> experience purchasing used  equipment, especially online.
> 
> The question, then: Whom would you trust as a vendor of used laptops? I  
> will mention in passing that IBMs are favored with BSD devs, and 
> Compaq/HP  are reputed the worst choices. My experience with this and 
> another Gateway  makes me view them favorably. In general, the FOSS 
> community likes the  response from the big 3 Japanese brands. Given 
> that, I'd like to read your  comments on what you would do in my place.
> 

Hi Ed,

I have a 4year old Toshiba Satellite that's really served me well. Just 
one thing -- try and stay away from celeron's. Also something to bear in 
mind is that the more mghz the more heat [on your thighs] and the faster 
your battery will run down.

Blessings,

Nigel

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