Hi Liz, --- On Tue, 9/29/09, Liz_Ravenwood at beaerospace.com > I was trying to save money by not having > to buy a new laptop and seeing if my old one would run with > Linux. Huh? I don't see the connection. Is the old laptop *not* capable of running Windows? (even an older version of windows as long as the arduino software is supported on it)