My Little Ubuntu Guide

It’s true. I’m selling the 6400. Why?

Ok, here’s the story.

My wife and I have had a beautiful Doberman since we were married in 2000. His name was Hoss. He was the sweetest, most caring and loving dog you could ever imagine.

Hoss recently was diagnosed with a heart condition, common in Dobermans, which involves his heart enlarging. In fact, now that this happened we discovered that 50% of Dobermans die of this condition. Most before they reach a ripe old age.

Because we rescued Hoss from a Kill Shelter in Southern Cal. we don’t know who the breeder was and even didn’t know how old he was. But when we got him he was estimated to be 2 years old. That was 7 years ago.

Last night I took Hoss to our vet to have him put to rest. That’s the most difficult thing I’ve had to do in years. Emotionally this has been very trying and with a 4 year old daughter involved it’s even more challenging. How do you tell your little girl that Hoss died, when she doesn’t even understand death?

We knew we were going to have to put Hoss to sleep, so we decided to get a puppy BEFORE this. To be very transparent, money has been tight recently. And we wanted to get our daughter a puppy that would be a good fit, and have longevity so she doesn’t have to experience another loss like this, at least to the extent that we can handle.

My wife found the cutest little 9 week old sheltie boy. I’ll post pictures later. He was $600. However, well worth it and with the most adorable personality, or doganality. He’s 10 weeks now and my daughter absolutely loves him. She sits in his little pen and plays with him every day, takes him outside, helps to potty train him, etc.

He’s AKC registered and his dad is a champion. With all the vet bills for Hoss in his final days and the puppy costs, I’m forced to take some pretty drastic measures. So I’m selling my laptop. I don’t know what a good price for it is, I’ll have to figure that out. But below are the specs.

Inspiron 6400
Intel Core Dou Processor at 1.6 Ghz
2 GB RAM
160 GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
DVD-+RW/CD-+RW
ATI 1400 Graphics w/ 128 MB Dedicated
15.4″ Display (1280×800) w/ TrueBrite
Firewire
Card Reader
VGA and S-Video Out
Audio In/Out
9-Cell Batter (Up to 5.5 Hours)

comes with:
Ubuntu Installed
Power Supply
Warranty Good till 12/09/2007

If you throw in some extra bucks I’ll include my hard case

anyway, make offers and I’ll figure out a price to start from as I research what’s out there.

thanks for listening to my very long and somewhat “preachy” post.