[NCLUG] Good news from the hardware front

[danbob]

The Memorex Traveldrives also list Linux as a supported operating system
on the box. I bought my 8gb version for that reason at Best Buy, and
told the manager that that's why I selected it. He laughed and said that
one of his computer sales staff is a Linux guy, and that while they were
somewhat locked in on what product lines they sell, they do keep an eye
open for products with Linux support.

I should have my new Asus Eee microlaptop sometime next week from Best
Buy; it's Linux-based. (not in the stores, but you order on the website
and they ship to a store).

DAN



On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 17:13 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 12:15:48PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 08:28:22PM -0600, Grant Johnson wrote:
> > > 
> > > >By the time I got to Big Lots on Saturday, they were out -- or they were
> > > >pretty well hidden.  Bummer.  I needed a couple of new USB flash drives.
> > > >
> > > >  
> > > 
> > > Microcenter had some off brand ones for $7.
> > 
> > Where's Microcenter?
> 
> I found Kingston USB flash drives on sale at Circuit City, near College
> and Harmony.  They're selling 1GB for about $8, and 2GB for about $15 or
> $16.  Now I just need to find a really fantastic deal on something bigger
> than 4GB, and I'll be set.  I might even be satisfied with just 4GB, as
> long as it's from a company I don't want to avoid (like Sony).  I'd
> rather buy hardware from Microsoft than Sony, frankly.
> 
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