_What will i use them for:_
information searches on the internet, check email (like this Kolab email
which can't only be accessed with specific browsers), internet searches
for data download/transfers to desktop
_Applications_: want to use basic open source apps and will not be tied
to "sign in now" microsoft products (that claim they are my best friend)
that are embedded into the O/S or better yet the browser. I am not
wedded to any names and find early open source excellent. for that
matter early microsoft shareware apps still operate on new systems and
they are just great. No preference, but then I have everything I need
and want to just use them.
_Budget_: I'll look at any range, but none of this stuff gets that
expensive.
_Timeline_: I could use both within the month, but if I had to wait for
a good reason, like some operation is about to liquidate and the
bankruptcy won't get filed until March, well then I can wait.
-------- Original Message --------
SUBJECT:
Re: [Discuss] Open Source IPad Recommendations and a Laptop
DATE:
2023-01-13 13:18
FROM:
Dan Ritter <[email protected]>
TO:
MC <[email protected]>
CC:
BLU Discuss <[email protected]>
MC wrote:
Reviving this old topic and adding to it a new twist: a laptop.....so
now
I'm searching for 2 peripherals that will supplement my functioning
base
Maybe I should start with the basics: the highest performing o/s I've
worked
with is (don't laugh) is W98SE because it had drivers written for it
for all kinds of equipment (which I own a lot of and must keep using),
and
the O/S operated in a crisp binary manner and accepted all open source
software. Now that said, I am looking to bring in a simple, high
functioning
laptop that will allow me to install and reinstall both O/S and
applications
so I am not tied to a fence post with either Apple or Microsoft,
neither of
which is winning any popularity contests with anybody. I just want to
keep
functioning....at an efficient rate for the indefinite future.
Any other suggestions?
What exactly are your requirements? Not your proposed solution
-- an "IPad" and/or a "laptop" -- but what are the things you
are going to use it for?
Do you have particular applications you want to run that aren't
web services? Are you wedded to particular names, or just want
the functionality?
What's your budget, and what's the timeline that you expect to
need it?
-dsr-
MC wrote:
> Reviving this old topic and adding to it a new twist: a laptop.....so now
> I'm searching for 2 peripherals that will supplement my functioning base
>
> Maybe I should start with the basics: the highest performing o/s I've worked
> with is (don't laugh) is W98SE because it had drivers written for it
> for all kinds of equipment (which I own a lot of and must keep using), and
> the O/S operated in a crisp binary manner and accepted all open source
> software. Now that said, I am looking to bring in a simple, high functioning
> laptop that will allow me to install and reinstall both O/S and applications
> so I am not tied to a fence post with either Apple or Microsoft, neither of
> which is winning any popularity contests with anybody. I just want to keep
> functioning....at an efficient rate for the indefinite future.
>
> Any other suggestions?
What exactly are your requirements? Not your proposed solution
-- an "IPad" and/or a "laptop" -- but what are the things you
are going to use it for?
Do you have particular applications you want to run that aren't
web services? Are you wedded to particular names, or just want
the functionality?
What's your budget, and what's the timeline that you expect to
need it?
-dsr-
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