On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 7:23 PM, Marc Tompkins <marc.tompk...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Joel Goldstick <joel.goldst...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I would get a laptop with as large a screen as you can afford. Windows or >> Linux. >> > I second that emotion, and also: try out the keyboard first (or rather, have > your kid try it out). We spend a lot of time on our laptops, and a > badly-designed keyboard can ruin an otherwise-great machine. Yes, you can > plug in an external keyboard, mouse, and monitor, but most of the time > you're gonna stick with what came in the box. Make sure you won't hate it.
Linux runs great on older Laptops that were the top of the line in their day, two nice examples with great keyboards are dell e6400 and ibm T61's. Linux is easy to install and set up now a days :) -- David Abbott _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
