Posts by Grongle

Hmm . . . haha! Well, THAT idea didn't last for long! But thank you both very much, because I'm here to find out these things! Filippo, I think I'll take you up on your offer. But not in this thread, becuz I always think there will be...

re abf: (Gee whiz, folks, with brothers like that, who needs a warranty?! Way to go, abf, and thanks! Hmm . . . uses Linux Ubuntu, too. The name "Ubuntu" derives from an "ideology focusing on people's allegiances and...

Say, this is looking very GOOD, awingedpig! Thanks very much! Thanks, too, abf. Yes, I'm playing with some Linux possibilities. So of course I'd prefer not to put out about $100 for a built-in OS I won't be using.

My third and last question today: anybody know of notebooks that are available with no OS installed? The only one I've found so far is a little Acer, which sells in just a very few bottom-end configs as AS3623 WX Mi or AS3623 WX Ci....

I have a 30 GB Maxtor 7200 I'll likely replace with a 250 or 300 GB in my desktop. It's in perfect condition. I've read that the 4400 rpm HDDs in cheap notebooks are noticeably slow, and I've seen one suggestion that a drive like my...

I've owned desktops for 19 years, and am now helping a friend buy a notebook. Different universe, for sure. :-) But a few things are coming out of my research. First 3 stores I visited all left me holding brochures, not about notebooks,...