[rescue] Needed: Older laptops

Phil Stracchino phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net
Tue Jul 3 14:56:32 CDT 2007


linc wrote:
> Bill Bradford wrote:
>> I need a pair of older laptops, somewhere in the 600Mhz-1Ghz range, to 
>> set a couple of "disadvantaged" (but highly deserving) people up with
>> computers for record keeping and general computer use.  If anybody has
>> something available, let me know.. 
> 
> And I could use one or more of the same for a server or two, so broken 
> LCD's are fine for me.

It may be just me, but IMHO laptops make poor servers.  Above and beyond
any scalability/expandability considerations, they're generally not
designed with continuous 24/7 operation in mind.


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