Off topic, just have to vent!

[Toby Fisher]

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

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