On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:27:47 GMT, DTC <no_spam@move_along_folks.foob>
wrote in <7n3Bh.1827$x74.1772@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink. net>:

>mr.b wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:04:24 +0000, DTC wrote:
>>
>>> A new laptop for only $475 will most likely have an outdated slow as
>>> molasses Semperon CPU and only 256 Meg of RAM. Internet Exploder will take
>>> at least 30 seconds to load. It will be a very frustrating computer to
>>> use.
>>
>> Yes but only if you load Winblows on that thing. Any linux distro will
>> run sweetly on such an "outdated" machine, without all the attendant
>> viruses, malware, worms etc...
>
>Very true...but how many people are up to installing Fedore 6, or any
>distribution for that matter...or anything OTHER THAN Windoze.

Preconfigured "live CD" can be run directly, or installed pretty much
automatically.

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