On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
Pardon me, but even openSUSE 11.1 runs fine on my computer, which is year 2000 vintage.
Yeah, he missed my whole point about having better than a netbook for LESS $$ than a netbook. I use this Thinkpad A22p P3/1Ghz/256MB/250GB machine on a daily basis. It's 1600x1200 15" screen is amazing crisp(but not as bright tho), and it does all my normal web browsing tasks, plays movies, etc just fine. And, since it's a 4x3 screen, I can actually read more text. Other than needing to get it a new battery, I've got about $175 in it with the 250GB drive. I've personally NEVER purcahsed a brand new fully built computer. I did spend a bit a while back to build a celeron e1200 that's overclocked @ 3.2Ghz right now, has 2GB RAM, and an nVidia 6200(had an X300, but that died....). I used an old case, and it does everything I need it to do. I'm not made of money. I see little reason to buy new when my refurbished machines do what I need to do. What Brian is talking about is the bigger better thing deal, and that's what M$ wants us to do with WinDoZe. With Linux, I have the freedom to run my old 486 machine if I want, as long as I understand the limitations. The only thing my Thinkpads (the P3s) don't do is play HD, and I could care less about that. I have a 50" HD TV for that. Oh well....... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org