Re: Atypical migration to Trixie
On Sunday 17 August 2025 07:33:18 am Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 8/16/25 2:55 PM, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
> > On Saturday 16 August 2025 07:41:41 am Richard Owlett wrote:
> >> The local Staples has a sale on of overstocked laptops. There is a
> >> selection of Lenovo [used the brand before] and HP [used their
> >> instrumentation in the 70's] machines.
> >
> > That HP back then has nothing to do with the computers bearing that branding now. There's a machine sitting in the other room here with that brand, I forget what's in the box, unused. I may configure it as a "test bench" machine one of these days, maybe.
> >
> > Oh, and I won't do business with Staples. Long story and I won't get into it here.
> >
>
> I don't expect any computer expertise from them and will try some online
> price comparison.
You might have a look here:
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/
A couple of us have bought systems from them and are pretty happy with the results. Charles Curley got a laptop, I got a desktop system...
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