My OWN laptop ...

[aabram]

Well it's a step in the right direction, and I don't have to rely on Internet Cafes any more, (unless I want to) but I'm back and I'm really happy to be using MY OWN LAPTOP :) It's a refurbished Compaq with superfast Linux (Ubuntu) and I love it. For some reason my dongle doesn't work at home yet, and I can't yet work out why. I think a visit to the Phone Shop might just be an idea... :confused:

[DaveM]

Gee, if you had only asked, I have one sitting around you could have had for the cost of postage! It is a c. 1996 Compaq Armada something or other, with 100mhz processor, 1.1 Gigahertz hard drive, and I believe 64 megs of RAM (with a 28.8 dialup modem and floppy disk drive!).

Believe it or not it's a halfway decent word-processing machine (or was the last time I used it), running Windows 98. Weighs about 20 pounds with the (dead) battery and add-on CD-ROM deck, but don't we all need a bit more exercise?

That used to be my work computer, though I can't recall accomplishing anything of any significance with it.

[richthelandlord]

That used to be my work computer, though I can't recall accomplishing anything of any significance with it.



They don't pay you enough to actually achieve anything... that should be done strictly on your own time! :eek:

[aabram]

Dave, that was really sweet of you, but I LOVE Ubuntu! This one's setting me back £70 and is marginally better than my Packard Bell was. (That went missing at the repair shop and I'm hopping mad about that) and now I have my own wireless dongle I can use it anywhere except at home. I need it for work anyway, but I will be even more exstatic when I can get the Internet at home. Using my phone is all very well, but it doesn't do half the things I want it to do. And what's more it comes with its own personal valet!! :)