The slowest notebook I have now is a toshiba 75 mhz with 800 megs of hdd. I'm thinking of putting linux on it. Toshibas are good machines. My first computer was a 386/8 mhz with 80 mb disk. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toby Fisher" <toby_fisher@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:31 AM Subject: Re: Off topic, just have to vent! > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me if this deal on a 486 notebook really sux? I think > > it does. Found it on pricewatch.com: (Not New) REFURBISHED - 4400C, > > 1Year Labor/90days Parts Ltd. Warranty 486/25,8MB/200MB Hard Drive, > > 1.44 Floppy, Active Color,Serial/Parallel ports no adapter included > > (Part - T4400C ) $ 89 I mean, what are you supposed to do with that? > > Linux will barely run on it. If someone offered me one for free, I'd > > take it. but not for $89. > > Hmmm, probably the biggest problem there is the hdd, and you'll probably > find that most of that $89 is for the lcd display. Still, it'll handle > Linux ok, but your bigbgest problem would probably be the lack of a cdrom > drive, though I do believe that the Slakware A disk series will still go > onto floppies, which is the minimum neededc to get get system up, so you > can install over the net or whatever. Wouldn't go for it personally > though, as I have a 486 notebook with higher spec. > > HTH > > -- > Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
