Larry in Texas USA

I really want to have a great laptop/portable computer running Linux.  I 
purchased the older 4gig flash drive in 2007 and was never able to get 
the two laptops I own to accept the flash drive.  One was a Sony and the 
other was a HP.  Support tried to help but the bios just wouldn't work.  
I look at the old Mandriva flash drive over the years and say??? wonder 
when??? 
Now I read the new 8gig flash drive description with words that tell me 
surely this will load even if I have to keep running Windows.  I have a 
new laptop running Vista 32 and it is a HP.  My old Sony is still 
running Windows XP but the bios just won't accept anything.  Both are 
top of the line with lots of bells and whistles type computers ... 

I broke down and tried to order the new flash drive but was shocked when 
I found out it costs more than half of the 60 US dollars to ship a 
little flash drive to Texas.  *Why 31 dollars for shipping? * Am I 
spoiled by US marketing with low shipping costs? 

All I want is a decent Linux program running on a good or great computer 
not one of my old computers.  I guess I will have to buy a computer with 
Ubuntu already loaded as the operating system?  Honestly the flash drive 
seems to me the best way to have a good alternate program but *Will I be 
throwing away 90 us dollars for a 8gig flash drive that will become a 
partner for the old 4 gig flash drive that never worked? *

Larry in Texas
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