[ale] Belay that, OT, jre7u71 winXP won't install/update

[Charles Shapiro]

I've had pretty good luck with a couple of Lenovo machines, but the very
first thing I do with them is fdisk + install gnu/linux..

--CHS
On Oct 17, 2014 8:34 AM, "David Millians" <millia at panix.com> wrote:

> On 10/17/2014 2:35 AM, Ken Cochran wrote:
>
>> Well, I don't realy think XP {shrug}, but CE is a possibility.
>> OTOH, with the exception of a pretty simple OBD scanner for
>> OSX, I've never seen a computer-based car scanner, that was
>> not deployed on (what appears to be *stock*) XP.
>>
>
> Car stuff is like educational software: they wrote it once, for a
> particular box. Why would they need to update it?
>
>  I remember
>> reading here that Sony and Toshiba are to be avoided due to
>> driver support flakiness.  (Always heard Toshiba was 'bout
>> the last remaining "good" one.)
>>
>
> Interesting. I rank things like this, based on personal experience:
> Dell
> Toshiba
> Asus
> Acer (really, one of you change your name.)
> Compaq/HP
>
> I put it as compaq/hp because I had experience with some Compaq Craptops
> that have made me permanently reluctant to use them. Current work portable
> is an HP, and it reminds me that even though the hardware may be good, it's
> assembled in a way that makes it much harder to repair.
>
> Dell is like an old mid-60s Mustang with a mini-V8: easy to repair and
> lots of parts available. Not as fancy as others, but I don't like fancy.
> Toshiba is like a cheaper mid-60s car. I had no bad experiences.
> Asus are a little better than Acer. The acers are fine for the price.
>
> I've no long term experience with Thinkpad in the past decade, but I can't
> argue with the dozens of positive reviews I have read. They're usually just
> that bit too expensive for schools, alas.
>
> Sony. Pffft.
>
> Really, pfffft. Go away, Sony,
> David
>
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