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

[Sherri]

Thanks Chris. I actually wish I had gotten a netbook instead of my laptop, 
mostly because of the smaller size. The only real difference is the laptop 
has a CD in it, but an external CD can be purchased.

Sherri
----- 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 3:36 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
>>
>>
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