{"id":446,"date":"2007-07-31T18:34:29","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T22:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/?p=446"},"modified":"2007-07-31T18:34:29","modified_gmt":"2007-07-31T22:34:29","slug":"computer-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/?p=446","title":{"rendered":"Computer Shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alpha needs a new computer this year (the laptop she&#8217;s been using is now five years old, not meeting the specs of UT&#8217;s College of Engineering), so I&#8217;ve been surfing around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dell&#8217;s website<\/a> thinking I should order one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessee.gov\/revenue\/salestaxholiday\/\" target=\"_blank\">this weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there are a very limited number of machines available that can be purchased with XP.&nbsp; There are simply too many <a href=\"http:\/\/badvista.fsf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vista<\/a> nightmares out there now&#8230; beginning with a serious lack of drivers for existing hardware (printers, card readers, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>The temptation to order one with a Linux OS is palpable, but I do have to meet the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engr.utk.edu\/coe\/new_compreq.htm\" target=\"_blank\">COE&#8217;s requirements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On a brighter note, a letter arrived a couple of weeks ago notifying her that her stellar academic performance last year has earned her another scholarship &#8212; more than enough to offset whatever computer she needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alpha needs a new computer this year (the laptop she&#8217;s been using is now five years old, not meeting the specs of UT&#8217;s College of Engineering), so I&#8217;ve been surfing around Dell&#8217;s website thinking I should order one this weekend. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/?p=446\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-etc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}