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I was confused by your earlier posts. Are you fundraising just to buy the laptop locally in Malawi or are you still asking someone to buy it and send to you/Canada and then you bring to Malawi?
The primary purpose is to have a working laptop and other tools. Whichever way works for you. Either donating the actual tools, or alternatively donating sats, so I can buy in Malawi.
I did my best to find someone who could bring me it to Malawi, in order to address the shipping challenges.
Here's what it looks like:
Well, I can get my hands on a Dell Latitude E6430s Laptop i5-3320M 2.6GHz 8GB RAM. It has no HDD currently, but I have a spare 160GB Sata I could put in it and ship it with that. The laptop currently runs Win 7 but I could put Linux Ubuntu on it beforehand and it would run Linux instead, providing more space and easier operation. How does that sound?
Wow, that honestly sounds really great. Thank you so much for this — I really appreciate it. The laptop with the Ubuntu setup sounds perfect. I’m super grateful for your generosity and the effort you’re putting into this. It really means a lot to me. 🙏
K, then I'm going to go forward to secure it. However, it will probably take me something around 2 weeks to get it done and ready to ship to Canada. What's your schedule on your contact's end?
She'll be returning home in April. May I know where you'll be shipping from...
She thinks you're in US. I don't know.
Ok, that's plenty of time. I'm going to secure the laptop now, get it shipped to me, prepped and then let you know when it's time to ship out.
Yeah, I’ve been thinking about it, and considering how long shipping might takes, it might actually makes more sense for me to just buy a refurbished laptop locally.
Around here, $150–$175 can get a decent refurbished machine that’s good enough for the work, and it means we doesn’t have to wait weeks or deal with shipping issues. We could get things moving much faster.
What do you think about us contributing towards this instead? Feels like a simpler and more practical option overall.
Let me know what you think
Need a confirm on your timing. See my note on how long things will take below.
She's in Barrie, Ontario.
I really appreciate your help