[gui-talk] opinions needd

[wcmerritt at gmail.com]

I'm doing some research on my own on these new netbook devices. It
looks like they've got more battery life between charges than a laptop
would have, like between 4 and 6 hours. One of my coworkers has one
and his is small enough that I could put it in my backpack, even with
the netbook in it's case, and easily carry it. They look pretty nifty,
and you can't argue with the price either. I've checked with FS, and
though they say that JAWS is not "officially" supported on a netbook,
the tech support representative also said that he's heard of some
people that are successfully using JAWS on netbooks. Like others have
said though, if you can go and get your hands on one then that would
be a good thing. Average hard drive space seems to be 160 gigs. Though
they aren't meant to do heavy computing activities like a laptop or
desktop would, for me, word processing and web/email stuff, plus
perhaps some instant messaging and Skype, are all that I'd want to do
on one anyway. The SeroTalk podcast recently had a good podcast on
netbooks, tracing their brief history and describing several models on
their site. You might check out the show and see what's out there,
then go to the stores and see if you can look at some. The address for
the podcast is:

www.serotalk.com

Good luck and let us know what you find,
Wayne

On 1/25/09, Evelyn Weckerly <weckerly at i2k.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If you go to Circuit City, make sure the thing works porperly before
> you walk out of the store with it. In fact, if they will let you,
> before you pay for it. All sales are not final.
>
> Don't buy a display unit either.
>
> Evelyn
>
> At 03:32 PM 1/25/2009, you wrote:
>>I personally beileve some things you just can not go cheap with and
>>get the same effect as if you got something expinsive. I think you
>>should get a laptop. Circet City is going out of business maybee you
>>can go there for a laptop. Just a suggestion. Another good place to
>>get a laptop is from a place the refervish them.
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>>
>>>Hello all,
>>>
>>>I am upgrading my computer equipment and need to know whether it is
>>>better to purchase a net book or a laptop?
>>>I am getting a new desktop computer, and I wanted a second machine
>>>for taking on trips.
>>>
>>>Even though the memory and hard drive capacity of the  netbook are
>>>considerably less than a laptop, I like the concept of a simple
>>>machine that doesn't cost much.
>>>
>>>Any thoughts?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>Liz
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