<div dir="ltr">If I can BUTT in here..<div>i got 2 one for POTA and one for my robotics (great for arduino/rpi stuff)</div><div>also it is a perfect laptop for kids.</div><div><br></div><div>an actually for most people if you are gonna just read email and search web it is perfect</div><div>you don't have to treat it delicate...</div><div><br></div><div>ps: I actually got the $58.00 laptop not the 99 laptop.. and it is working great for me</div><div>i told many people to get it for their kids</div><div><br></div><div>any way I hope everyone enjoyed the holidat/day off</div><div>73 Niece</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 2:05 PM Larry Krainson <<a href="mailto:wb1dby@gmail.com">wb1dby@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,102)">8 gigs is still a good minimum Tom. 8 is fine for nearly anyone unless they are doing some heavy duty editing or work or a lot of multitasking. But 4 gigs will barely cut it today. You want at a minimum an AMD Ryzen 3 or Intel i3 processor running at least 1.6 Ghz with around a 4 Ghz boost. 1.9 Ghz or higher is even better.<br><br>I run an AMD Ryzen 5 Pro (multi core cpu) 3.2 Ghz with 8 gigs and a 256 gig SSD as my ham radio computer and it runs everything I throw at it works great. And multi-tasks with ease. But for most a 3 series should be fine. (My work machine is MUCH more powerful)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,102)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,102)">A celeron or other ancient processor is crummy and slow. If that's good enough for you, then fine. But I wouldn't touch it and have never sold one in my business ever. The celeron goes back 20 years technology wise and is a cpu w/o a math coprocessor. If you're doing internet browsing, email or word processing, or something else basic. Then fine. But it's not fast and never was.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,102)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,102)">Plus there are a LOT of old cpu's out there that are crap like the celeron. It really depends on what you want to do. Spend less and get much less. Spend more and get something that you won't need to upgrade or outgrow any time soon. </div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#0b5394">Larry, W1AST</font></div><div dir="ltr"><ul><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,102);font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">ARRL WMA Affiliated Club Coordinator</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,102);font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">HCRA President</span></li><li><font color="#0000ff">Visit my Ham Radio club website at: <a href="http://www.hcra.org/" target="_blank">www.HCRA.org<br></a></font></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,102);font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Team K2H - 13 Colonies Massachusetts State Manager</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,102);font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Project Big E 2022 & 2023 Organizer</span></li><li><font color="#000066" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Proud Member of ARRL, FCARC & YCCC</font></li><li><font color="#000066" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">413-348-3289</font></li><li><font color="#000066" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:W1AST@arrl.net" target="_blank">W1AST@arrl.net</a></font></li></ul></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#0b5394" size="4"> <img width="200" height="139" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yP8rKCbaILkXg-hQ7aZrtzY21-zolkBlcGCxlgtJJH8Hkph9EWicVrhJ2S0cbE3EH98k1tRMM"> <img width="200" height="150" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4z_kQpKl62fdkpT21YnwZzaXQYeHLvYTlyJ7pP4xgv7O86Giwcw4BJavZCPRanD7mD_fRneIWo"> </font><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#0b5394" size="4"><br></font><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 12:44 PM Tom Walsh <<a href="mailto:k1tw@comcast.net" target="_blank">k1tw@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Larry what do you recommend for RAM today. I used to consider 8 GB as a bare minimum but not any more.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tom<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> bars <<a href="mailto:bars-bounces@w1hh.org" target="_blank">bars-bounces@w1hh.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Larry Krainson<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 25, 2022 12:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> Tim KC1RET <<a href="mailto:kc1ret.radio@gmail.com" target="_blank">kc1ret.radio@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" target="_blank">bars@w1hh.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bars] Low cost laptop<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,0,102)">The cpu is lousy, not enough ram, very under powered. Not even worth the $99. Buyer beware.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(11,83,148)">Larry, W1AST</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,0,102)">ARRL WMA Affiliated Club Coordinator</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,0,102)">HCRA President</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">Visit my Ham Radio club website at: <a href="http://www.hcra.org/" target="_blank">www.HCRA.org<br></a></span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,0,102)">Team K2H - 13 Colonies Massachusetts State Manager</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,0,102)">Project Big E 2022 & 2023 Organizer</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,0,102)">Proud Member of ARRL, FCARC & YCCC</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,0,102)">413-348-3289</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,0,102)"><a href="mailto:W1AST@arrl.net" target="_blank">W1AST@arrl.net</a></span><u></u><u></u></li></ul></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(11,83,148)"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(11,83,148)"><img border="0" width="200" height="139" style="width: 2.0833in; height: 1.45in;" id="m_6687348028181288773m_-405651413429129992_x0000_i1033" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yP8rKCbaILkXg-hQ7aZrtzY21-zolkBlcGCxlgtJJH8Hkph9EWicVrhJ2S0cbE3EH98k1tRMM"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(11,83,148)"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(11,83,148)"><img border="0" width="200" height="150" style="width: 2.0833in; height: 1.5666in;" id="m_6687348028181288773m_-405651413429129992_x0000_i1032" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4z_kQpKl62fdkpT21YnwZzaXQYeHLvYTlyJ7pP4xgv7O86Giwcw4BJavZCPRanD7mD_fRneIWo"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(11,83,148)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 10:31 AM Tim KC1RET <<a href="mailto:kc1ret.radio@gmail.com" target="_blank">kc1ret.radio@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Microcenter has a $99 Black Friday deal on a entry level laptop. When I checked it this morning (~1030A on Friday) there were more than 25 available at the Cambridge store. I do not have any experience with this specific model but based on the stats it should be sufficient for logging and very likely digital modes.<br><br><a href="https://www.microcenter.com/product/652909/asus-br1100cka-ys02-116-laptop-computer-gray?sku=437715&utm_source=20221125_BF_Computer_Parts_R7397&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=R7397&MccGuid=861C7DB9-8096-40DB-A938-1C3945B71953" target="_blank">https://www.microcenter.com/product/652909/asus-br1100cka-ys02-116-laptop-computer-gray?sku=437715&utm_source=20221125_BF_Computer_Parts_R7397&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=R7397&MccGuid=861C7DB9-8096-40DB-A938-1C3945B71953</a><br><br>73, Tim - KC1RET</span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Courageously sent from a non-Apple device that <em><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">includes</span></em> a headphone jack.<u></u><u></u></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="150" style="width:112.5pt;padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://kc1ret.com/img/kc1ret-qsl-card-front-v3.png" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="130" height="82" style="width: 1.35in; height: 0.8583in;" id="m_6687348028181288773m_-405651413429129992_x0000_i1031" src="https://kc1ret.com/img/kc1ret-qsl-card-front-v2-sm.png"></span></a><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="padding:0in"><h3>Tim Carter - KC1RET<u></u><u></u></h3></td><td width="30" style="width:22.5pt;padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></td><td width="30" style="width:22.5pt;padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="padding:0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="30" style="width:22.5pt;padding:0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="13" height="13" style="width: 0.1333in; height: 0.1333in;" id="m_6687348028181288773m_-405651413429129992_x0000_i1030" src="https://receptiveaudio.com/static/phone-icon.png"><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="tel:1.978.710.0133" target="_blank">+1.978.710.0133</a><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr><tr><td width="30" style="width:22.5pt;padding:0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="13" height="13" style="width: 0.1333in; height: 0.1333in;" id="m_6687348028181288773m_-405651413429129992_x0000_i1029" src="https://receptiveaudio.com/static/email-icon.png"><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:kc1ret.radio@gmail.com" target="_blank">kc1ret.radio@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr><tr><td width="30" style="width:22.5pt;padding:0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="13" height="13" style="width: 0.1333in; height: 0.1333in;" id="m_6687348028181288773m_-405651413429129992_x0000_i1028" src="https://receptiveaudio.com/static/link-icon.png"><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://kc1ret.com" target="_blank">https://kc1ret.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p>"Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination." -- <i>Albert Einstein</i><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Warning: Spelling errors in this message are the product of a poor school system. 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