--- Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can afford a laptop but you can't afford a > passenger train ticket?
i can't really afford either, but, as i need a computer for my research and projects, i'll have to find a way to get one. train hopping is a very beautiful and empowering experience. even if i could could afford to travel other ways, i'd still train hop some. > Probably if I was going to do what you're planning > I'd get an old Thinkpad > 385XD. PentiumMMX-233, 96M of RAM, 3G hard drive, > 800x600 display, it's > quite an OK little machine. Such a machine is so > cheap now that if you break > one you won't be too upset, and if someone tries to > mug you for it then you > won't do anything too stupid (also you could just > tell the mugger how old and > cheap it was and they might leave you with it). yes, i'll probably end up getting a used machine, and thank you for the recommendation. i'll do some more research on this model much thanks, jason. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]