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

[Chris G]

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>
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> 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
>>
>>
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