[CoLoCo] Looking for a laptop

[Ringo Kamens]

I'm not in a school district right now, and I would get that ebay
laptop if I could cover the shipping. If anybody comes across any, let
me know. My other laptop which I was going to use has major heating
problems and shuts down about every 5 minutes. I tried removing
panels, putting it up on wooden nickels, putting a house fan in front
of it, and it still overheated (not doing anything intensive either).
Either that or there's some hardware-level quirk but the air that's
coming out is REALLY hot. It's a HP Pavillion ze4800, anybody had
similar problems before?
Comrade Ringo Kamens

On 6/27/07, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:
> Hmmm. Sorry about that. It seemed like a good idea as they had a bunch just
> sitting there. I'll keep my eyes open around here. We actually got rid of 6
> or so win98 era laptops a few months ago. If I would have known I'd have
> kept a couple. You might check in your dist. They may also have stuff they
> are getting rid of. As a student you might be able to convince them it's a
> school project and let you have/use one. If you have a little bit-o-cash,
> there are some cheap ones on ebay. This one is currently 1 cent and $36 for
> shipping. The auction ends in less than 24 hours. Just a thought.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/DELL-LATITUDE-C600-1-0GIG-LAPTOP-COMPUTER-NOTBOOK-PC-NR_W0QQitemZ180134509578QQihZ008QQcategoryZ140080QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>
>
>
>
> On 6/27/07, Ringo Kamens <2600denver at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I called all of their branches and only one had broken or really old
> > laptops. All of those had "catastrophic" problems such as a fried
> > motherboard, broken screen, etc. Does anybody have any other ideas?
> > Comrade Ringo Kamens
> >
> > On 6/26/07, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:
> > > Actually, if say it's for a school project you are a non-profit. Even if
> you
> > > don't plan to use it for school you can still call it a school project.
> It's
> > > a learning process so close enough. They don't need to know all the
> details.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 6/26/07, Ringo Kamens < 2600denver at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I'll give them a call but unfortunately I'm not a non-profit or an
> > > > especially great cause. Thanks for the advice though, it never hurts
> > > > to try.
> > > > Comrade Ringo Kamens
> > > >
> > > > On 6/26/07, Jim Hutchinson < jhutchinson at windsor.k12.co.us> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Ringo,
> > > > >
> > > > > I was over at Computer Renaissance yesterday and they have 6 or so
> old
> > > laptops in the back room that are too old to sell. I guess they use them
> for
> > > parts but some are even too old for that. I wonder if you called them
> and
> > > told them  you need something like that for a school project if they
> would
> > > give you one. You could also try local computer shops closer to home. I
> bet
> > > a lot of them have stuff too old to see that they would donate. They can
> get
> > > a tax write off for it. It's worth a shot.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jim
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: ubuntu-us-co-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com on
> behalf
> > > of Ringo Kamens
> > > > > Sent: Sat 6/23/2007 6:25 PM
> > > > > To: ubuntu-us-co at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > > > Subject: [CoLoCo] Looking for a laptop
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm looking for an old laptop from the windows 95 era (newer ones
> are
> > > > > ok as well). I'm willing to pay a meager amount or trade computer
> > > > > parts/books/services for it. I really don't have any money but I was
> > > > > hoping somebody could hook me up with an old laptop. It will be
> > > > > running Ubuntu (probably Dapper w/fluxbox). I'm also looking for a
> > > > > small switch.
> > > > > Any help is appreciated,
> > > > > Comrade Ringo Kamens
> > > > >
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