[GTALUG] cheap as dirt old notebooks

[o1bigtenor]

Bought a couple of these.
Cosmetically - - - dunno why its class b - - - they look in pretty good shape.

Anyone have any ideas on how to get  wlan0 running?

I've not had these problems in the past - - - just seems like its a bit goofy.
Its an intel made wireless setup and it needed regulatory.db installed
(that's not part of the normal install!).

I will try adding non-free and non-free-firmware to /etc/apt/sources.list to
see if that helps.

TIA

On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 8:21 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
<talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>
> > From: Kevin Cozens via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> >
> > The full specs are here:
> > https://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/dell-tablets/13-2-in-1-3310/spd/latitude-13-3310-2-in-1-laptop
> >
> > It mentions being able to have 16GB of RAM. Based on that page it only has a
> > single SODIMM slot.
>
> Thanks!  I jumped the gun without looking up the specs.
>
> TL;DR: This isn't as good a deal as I thought.
>
> That's the wrong model: that's a 2-in-1.
>
> I think that the actual model is the normal one, described here:
> <https://dl.dell.com/content/manual21800025-dell-latitude-3310-setup-and-specifications.pdf>
>
> Yes, it has only one SODIMM slot.  That's a hint that the computer was
> designed to be cheap.
>
> Another blurb says that it is for "education", in particular, students.
> That suggests they want it cheap and sturdy.  With a high list price so
> that they can give apparently enticing discounts to easily fooled school
> boards.  "Starting at $1,109.00."
>
> <https://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/cty/pdp/spd/latitude-13-3310-laptop?redirectTo=MOC>
>
> If these are off lease from a school board, I bet their condition is
> fairly beat-up.  They are cosmetic class "b".
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