Akbar Pasha wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
> i apologise if i am asking a q which is too naive.
>
> here is the question:
>
> i have been planning to work on linux from a long long time. being a
> busy software consultant
> i have never got real time to work on it. i consult in the area of
> building secure web based extranets,
> which has always been on windows platform. but i have given my tries to
> it and installed linux on my personal
> system(RH-7).
>
> but as i said, i am a consultant and i move a lot. so i am planning to
> buy a laptop. even though i earn good money,
> but given the conditions now i cant spend more than 500$ on it(no, i
> cant wait too). i checked many sites, and came to conclusion that i
> should be buying a used laptop. but all those models run on pentium MMX,
> with 32 mb ram and 8 gig HDD(i mean the ones that are within $600 price
> range). i was just wondering whether that would be sufficient to run
> RH7?? will it not be too slow? what features should i look in for a
> laptop that i want to run linux on?
>
> or do any of u guys know a good site where i can buy used laptop within
> my budget? i live in boston. so if any of the local guys can help me
> with some local seller addys..that would be very helpful.
>
> thanx in advance.
>
> akbar
>
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Besides all the other answer there is another issue you may want to look
into and that is a connection to the internet. Not the modem side or the
ISP side but the telephone side.
How are you planning on getting from your machine to the ISP when you
move around. Now that is not much of a problem if you travel with in a
small confined area say one or two area codes. If you go in for larger
areas such as regionally or nationally you move into a much higher
problem area. If you are planning on doing this on an international
bases you have moved into another level of connection problems entirely.
Again on an international bases there are levels of complexity. Western
Europe is one thing, Eastern another. South America can go either way
easy or hard. Africa is in general another galaxy.
Besides major geographical location there is also minor geographical
location. By this are you planning on being in an office or out in some
farmer's plowed field. The former you may or may not have a phone line
to use. In the later case definitely not. If you are planning on doing
this from a hotel room you may be unpleasantly suppressed when you try
to make your connection or when you get your bill.
Then there is the question of is the phone line digital or analog. If it
is digital as most modern PBX systems are in modern offices you will
have to have a phone modem that converts that to the signal you are
using in your computer; this is not an easy one or you can forget that
connection.
Then there are the perpetual configuration problems. each location being
different.
After you have thought of all that there are some companies that provide
800 numbers for this type of situation. Look on "The List of ISP" for a
complete list of them.
Good Luck
Frank
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