Re: OT: Laptop for College Bound Student?
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On 06/12/08 19:49, s. keeling wrote:
> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:
>> On 06/11/08 16:07, Paul Johnson wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 12:24 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
>>>
>>>> But does the modem work?
>>> What modem? "Winmodems" aren't modems, they're sound boards with the
>>> wrong audio connector.
>> I think he was trying to be ironic.
>
> As was he, I believe.
>
> I just subjected myself to Dell's site, looking at the vostro 1500.
> Once I tweaked it, turning off any crap I could see, and boosting its
> specs somewhat (! Celeron), price was ca. $1300.
>
> I'd rather buy a three year old used box, buy it new batteries, and
> load it to the gills with RAM. $600, max.
Hmph. All a college student needs is a KayPro II, a dot-matrix
printer, WordStar 3.x and a library card.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New
York is doomed."
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