[gui-talk] Daydreaming about PC laptops. Any comments?

[Joel Deutsch]

don't worry. Now that I realize they're smaller than notebooks, which have 
gotten pretty nicely compact as far as I can tell, I'm not interested. I 
want something bigger than a toy, with a keyboard meant for adult hands and 
some RAM and a CD ROM drive and stuff. Never mind with the Net thing.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Daydreaming about PC laptops. Any comments?


Joel, they're the next smallest category of laptop computers.
Now, it's a fairly large division so you won't be able to purchase based
based on net book as a descriptor.  Consider searching some of the tech
reporting on The New York Times.  They'll have articles devoted to your
better understanding of them.
-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:48 PM
To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Daydreaming about PC laptops. Any comments?

chris G.,
'm willing to believe you without doing a lot of research, Chris. I just
need a few more words, understand? Tell me that "net" doesn't mean a
primitive little box equipped with just a screen and a keyboard with no
innards except whatever will allow it to go online and do everything there,
not just email or Web brewing but world processing in the Cloud, too, See? I

thought that is what "netbook" mean. But it seems you're saying it's simply
the next smallest thing below the size of a laptop.

That's all I want. Some conversation. Not a technical debate complete with
URLs and published research articles. Just teasing, but you get it? I've got

concerns, and have to figure out what will be adequately portable for me but

*not* underequipped or with too small a stock keyboard.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris G" <chris at mysticplace.org>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Daydreaming about PC laptops. Any comments?


Go to amazon.com or any electronics store and do a search for netbooks
and look at the specs.

Also, I have a friend that has one and He has installed Window-eyes on
his netbook.

On Aug 15, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Joel Deutsch wrote:

> Chris G.
> I thought a netbook was a device with keyboard and monitor that has
> almost
> no internal workings of its own except what's necessary for it to
> connect
> with the Intent and there find all its applications, from email to
> word
> processing to , of course, Web browsing. This is not so? Are you
> quite sure?
> where are you getting your information about this? Thank you very
> much.
> infjo
> use everything
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris G" <chris at mysticplace.org>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Daydreaming about PC laptops. Any comments?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> A netbook is a real computer that has a real operating system and a
> real
> hard drive.
> they are smaller then your conventional laptops.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:02:35 -0700
> "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
>> Sherri,
>>
>> That isn't a complete small computer. it's another type of product
>> entirely.
>> I want a real computer with a hard drive on which I keep my own
>> applications
>> and files. Not a cloud computer. apples and oranges. Thanks, though.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:35 PM
>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Daydreaming about PC laptops. Any comments?
>>
>>
>> Seems to me the way to go is the Netbook, though I do not own one.
>> I am
>> using a Del Latitude laptop (not sure of model number) and though the
>> keyboard is flat, the keys are pretty large and I am getting used
>> to using
>> the computer. I have this computer, because the Florida Division of
>> Blind
>> Services graciously bought it for me and at that time, I did not
>> know much
>> about Netbooks. I like the Latitude, because it is light, but very
>> sturdy.
>> My daughter who is sighted and now a brand new Mac user says the
>> layout of
>> the computer and the way the display looks is very "industrial",
>> whatever
>> that means. HTH.
>> Sherri
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> gui-talk mailing list
>> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> gui-talk:
>>
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/jdeutsch%40dslextr
eme.com
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> gui-talk mailing list
>> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> gui-talk:
>>
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/chris%40mysticplac
e.org
>
>
> -- 
> The home of the Mystic Place blog and podcast.
> www.mysticplace.info
> RSS: feeds.feedburner.com/mysticplacebp
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> gui-talk mailing list
> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> gui-talk:
>
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/jdeutsch%40dslextr
eme.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> gui-talk mailing list
> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info
> for gui-talk:
>
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/chris%40mysticplac
e.org


_______________________________________________
gui-talk mailing list
gui-talk at nfbnet.org
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
gui-talk:
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/jdeutsch%40dslextr
eme.com


_______________________________________________
gui-talk mailing list
gui-talk at nfbnet.org
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
gui-talk:
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/albertgriffith%40s
bcglobal.net


_______________________________________________
gui-talk mailing list
gui-talk at nfbnet.org
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
gui-talk:
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/jdeutsch%40dslextreme.com