[gui-talk] Netbook Recommendations Wanted

[Chris Hallsworth]

Hmm, that's quite interesting, but I won't try to be a geek here <smiles>. I 
do think though that most if not all hardware will work fine with Windows 7 
even now.

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From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 2:25 PM
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Netbook Recommendations Wanted

> If you can order your netbook before Thursday's release of Windows
> Seven, then do so. I say this because I've heard and read a few places
> that Windows Seven uses a third more battery life on portable
> computers, such as laptops and netbooks. For instance, if your netbook
> has a battery life of 6 hours, Windows Seven will bring that down to 4
> hours. You may be able to request that Windows XP is put on there
> special even if it will come with Windows Seven. Due to this battery
> usage issue, I'm not going to put Seven on my netbook. Not to mention
> the fact that since Seven is so new, there likely aren't many drivers
> out there for it from the software/hardware you use the most. Wait a
> year on Seven, but get the netbook today.
>
> Wayne
>
> On 10/19/09, albert griffith <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Many of them can't out of the box because they don't always come with
>> external drives.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Arielle Silverman
>> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 12:47 AM
>> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Netbook Recommendations Wanted
>>
>> Are all Netbooks that run Windows XP able to run JAWS loaded from a CD?
>>
>> Sorry if this is a dumb question.
>> Arielle
>>
>> On 10/19/09, Tai Blas <taiablas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Earle Harrison of HandyTech recommended to me the Samsung N110 and I 
>>> know
>>> someone who is using the Samsung NC10 with great success. Other 
>>> accessible
>>> models include the ASUS EEPC 900 and 1000 lines and the MSI Wind. I am
>>> seriously considering purchasing the Samsung N110 which is the newer
>> version
>>> of the Samsung NC10. It is very accessible, has a nearly full size
>> keyboard
>>> with a very small screen and has excellent battery life.
>>> Tai
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Arielle Silverman
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 11:00 PM
>>> To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [gui-talk] Netbook Recommendations Wanted
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am in the market for a Netbook and am interested to know if anyone can
>>> recommend a brand/model that will run JAWS for Windows, since I already
>> have
>>> JAWS and have been using it for a long time. Also, for those of you who
>> have
>>> used Netbooks with JAWS, have you found the built-in applications to be
>>> accessible?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your assistance.
>>> Arielle
>>>
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