[GTALUG] cheap as dirt old notebooks

[Nick Accad]

Make sure you have conman installed and that the device is not rfkill
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On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 18:06 o1bigtenor via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> 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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