[nynor]

Originally Posted by slodave

Didn't pay for the laptop, short of a HD and mem upgrades a year ago....

My desktop was (still technically is) upstairs in my "office". Laptop was newer technology, so much faster and in a more central location downstairs.

Desktop finally was turned off and collected dust, perfectly happy with my laptop (okay, huge screen would be nice).... Linux server has issues, mess with it, but it's a goner -hardware, not worth fixing. Temp server in place, it to fails. Desktop to the rescue! Plug Linux drives in and voila! Server up and running as a temp fix until I get around to replacing the server.... It's been over a year now....

Laptop FTW!

if its free, have at it. but you didn't address my points. FTW.