I've seen external ZIP 100 drives as low as $25, which makes them tempting. I paid about that each for a couple of internal ZIP 250 drives. I have both CD-RW and ZIP 250 drives in this box.
Seems to me hard to beat a home built or local shop clone for a desktop. I like to putter with the hardware. I've stayed away from laptops for years, though I did get one for my wife. With fingers as clumsy as sausages I need a full size keyboard. With old eyes beginning to fade, my body is out of warranty as of this month, I need at least a 15" screen for a laptop to be usable, since I do largely word processing and need to have a decent amount of text on the screen as well as type large enough for me to read.. When I see one like that which can dual boot Linux and some other OS, or even just Linux, I'd be tempted. Choppy At 01:52 PM 9/25/03 -0500, Sonja wrote: >Many companies such as Dell give Student discounts. ( I love my Dell ) I >would suggest getting an external 250 Zip. I see that Zips, although still >popular with some university programs, are being phased out. They just are >not as efficient as the CDs. An external one would be a better investment. >With sales and rebates, it would be worth the look at stores such as Best >Buy. Good Luck
