[Klug-general] Laptop purchase. any recommendations?

[nic dan]

hi Peter

quote: '(I would prefer fix but they will not even boot currently)'

get hold of hiren's boot CD

http://www.hirensbootcd.net/

It's been a lifesaver for many of my PC's which go walkabout

Often after my attempts to install & dual boot linux on a windoze box
I do wish they didn't build linux destruct into windoze
Main problems I find are goosed mbr/fat tables, or grub/NTLoader problems

HTH

Aitch
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> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 11:55:05 +0100
> From: peterachilds at gmail.com
> To: kent at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] Laptop purchase. any recommendations?
> 
> 2009/6/1 J D Freeman <klug at quixotic.org.uk>:
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> > On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 10:39:27AM +0100, Karl Lattimer wrote:
> >>
> >> A friend once said to me real hackers choose thinkpads...
> >>
> >> Indestructible machines... Unless you drop another thinkpad on one (yes
> >> I have a friend that did this).
> >>
> >> So I'd say, thinkpad it is.
> >
> > Who are you and what have you done with the real karl? :p
> >
> > I would recommend a thinkpad everytime. The amount of abuse they will take
> > is quite remarkable. Surpassed only by the likes of panasonic tough books,
> > and products of GRID. They also have very very good linux support, and are
> > well known for their reliability.
> >
> > Don't necessarily go for the latest and greatest, second hand thinkpads
> > are quite easy to come by and due to their wonderful construction they
> > last forever. Add to the fact that if you aren't using windows you don't
> > need as much cpu/ram, you will find that you can save alot by getting last
> > years model.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> 
> From what I can work out these days; There is nothing actually wrong
> with a 5 year old model either. Computers just don't age like they
> used to. (However they do still break)
> 
> Any ideas on what I should get for a new desktop... As I had two break
> over the weekend. and either need them fixed or replaced. (I would
> prefer fix but they will not even boot currently)
> 
> Peter.
> 
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