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[Greg Boggs <greg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You guys should check out http://FreeGeek.org. The reuse market is huge 
for Ubuntu. FreeGeek is doing some amazing work with free, and Free, 
refurbished computers. Their computers are free for volunteers, cheap 
for shoppers, 3-5 years behind "new", and they all come with a year of 
free tech support on their preinstalled Ubuntu system.

On 12/08/2010 09:53 AM, alan c wrote:
> On 08/12/10 12:06, Christopher Swift wrote:
> > This is admittedly an advantage to Ubuntu in that it can run really 
> > well and
> > fast on machines that Windows has failed. However I have concerns about
> > driving this forward as a key feature or advantage to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 
> > will
> > become associated as a method of just fixing up old computers and not 
> > one to
> > use on new ones. Wouldn't this give us the same image as say Windows 
> > 2000?
>
> Working a miracle on the 'old spare laptop' is a potential *major* 
> market for second market installs of Ubuntu. It has been a gift from 
> the Microsoft gods, who produced Vista which was frequently sold on 
> inadequate machines. This advantage has a best use by date. Soon.