Vince Teachout wrote: > Pete Theisen wrote: > >> Hi Vince, >> >> Probably. But better to get the files into your new laptop and set up a >> dual boot. >> >> Then send the old laptop out for repair. If it is XP era it is worth a >> repair. Then you have two of them. > > > Since it's only the monitor that's broken ($500 to fix?!!!!) I might > just use it as a "headless" machine and set it up as some sort of server.
Expanding on that a bit, I could do that until I had enough extra $ to fix the monitor, then give that laptop to my wife (mine's better) and have her give hers to our daughter (hers is better than our daughter's), then donate our daughters (old IBM thinkpad) to somewhere. Trickle-down computer-nomics. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
