DTC wrote:
> 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 A new laptop for only $475 will most likely have an outdated slow as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 run sweetly on such an "outdated" machine, without all the attendant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.
Pretty much anyone , my 78 year old mother manages nix easily so one
would hope a normal person would as well , are you normal ?