[ale] OT: cheap notebook

[Jim Kinney]

Snark alert

Another brilliant way to teach kids that computers are really great. Give
them a literal clunker that lets them explore the underbelly of the IT
world with a tool that can show one web page at a time. Maybe . With the
specs on that and the auspicious name "Evolve", it should be rebadged as
"The Dodo".

On Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 2:57 PM Boris Borisov via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> I have/had  2 similar devices based on same chipset/cpu. Both with broken
> screens now. Doesn't like too much pressure on screen. YouTube works fine
> because has video decoder in the graphics card. But heavy JS site would
> kill the performance. But for $80 with LTE support ...I'll give it a try.
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 12:28 Ken Cochran via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>> Out of curiosity I looked it up some. Looks like in-store only &
>> apparently leftover/overstock from a school bulk purchase. I
>> found it by searching on the brand name, as I couldn't find
>> it in their laptop list, e.g. by price.  -k
>>
>> > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:10:10 -0400
>> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>> > Subject: Re: [ale] OT: cheap notebook
>> > From: Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>> > Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>> > Cc: neal at mnopltd.com
>> >
>> > Please dish on the details.  I can't find it online.  Is this a
>> > nudge-nudge-wink-wink thing?
>> >
>> > Neal
>> >
>> > On 2024-04-29 09:27, Boris Borisov via Ale wrote:
>> >
>> > > Does anyone have tried that $80 cheap notebook at Microcenter.
>> > > Particularly the LTE capability?
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