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Re: [OM] OT: New/Used Laptop

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: New/Used Laptop
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 08:08:36 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
     Over my dead body.  It came with WinXP with all of the updates.  The 
fellow who was conducting the multi-family sale was a computer freak, and he 
won't use anything beyond WinXP.  He also recognised the value of keeping a 
Win95 machine so that old DOS utilities could be run at the processor level 
instead of going through an emulator.  The refresh of multi-layer PCB layouts 
is instantaneous.

>
>Win 10?   ;-)
>
>On 13 March 2016 at 14:12, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>      Spent a nice day cycling around with a friend, first going out for
>> breakfast and then cruising around for yard sales.  Came away from one with
>> a very lightly used Compaq V2000 Presario laptop with the charger and a
>> wireless HP mouse for just $15.  The mouse is worth more than that.  At
>> another yard sale I found a padded carrying case for just $2, so I came
>> home with a virtually new laptop for less than $20.
>>
>>      Got home and set up a new user account, then deleted all of the old
>> ones.  This morning I spent an hour installing the internet basics such as
>> antivirus, malware, Firefox, proxy host, and then adjusting the settings to
>> suit me, which mostly entails shutting off ALL of the automatic updates.
>> Doesn't look like this was used much.  When I opened WORD it went to the
>> initial setup procedure.
>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>>      - Hunter S. Thompson
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Chris

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