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After January 2020, we may see a flood of used laptops for sale ...
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(07-25-2019, 01:24 PM)The Repairman link Wrote:  If you are really wanting Windows 10 it's worth trying imo regardless of the outcome.

I don't like Windows OS - one of the main reasons is its security flaws (particularly in Win10) that Quidsup has described in detail on his YouTube channel. I have dual-booted LL with Win8.1, only because it allows me to do things that are very tricky or impossible to do in Linux, e.g. my daughter loves playing Roblox - there isn't any Linux version of this game.

64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)  
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
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(07-22-2019, 09:09 PM)minesheep link Wrote:  ... Now the only problem is that I have no use for too many computers.

Gee I wish I could wiggle my nose and have this issue (too many older laptop computers) available to me IN South Africa while I'm there! 

I agree, if people unfamiliar with Linux realized what their old computers could do running Linux they might have a much longer life with them.  It's a shame to see what people get rid of although on the other hand it allows them to pass them along to me to "live another life" in South Africa ;)  Now physically getting them there is another issue since there is only so much luggage space, at least my husband has stopped complaining about both the weight and how many I am packing  ;D
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(07-25-2019, 09:13 PM)JanetBiggar link Wrote:  It's a shame to see what people get rid of although on the other hand it allows them to pass them along to me to "live another life" in South Africa ;)  Now physically getting them there is another issue since there is only so much luggage space, at least my husband has stopped complaining about both the weight and how many I am packing  ;D
At the help center I work with, I often see a bunch of famillies get together and arrange for a container to be shipped to South Africa.
Don't know if it's feasible for you guys but it looks like a good idea. But, maybe it's complicated legal-wise... I dunno I've never done it myself. :-S
Imagine how many computers you could put in there ;)).

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