[Trainer-talk] a netbook

[Wayne Merritt]

You can run JAWS on the netbooks, though it's not officially supported
by Freedom Scientific. I've heard differing things about the
keyboards, so if you can look at one from a friend or in a store than
that might be a good idea. Some have keyboards that are 80 percent of
a normal keyboard and some are 90 or 92 percent. The MSI's seem to
have lots of what the portable person may want, such as built in Wi-Fi
and Bluetooth. Some keyboards may be missing some of the 6-pack keys,
so that you have to press Function and down arrow to get page down, or
other combinations. I think the MSI's are like this, but I'm sure
you'd get used to it.

I'd be interested in other people's opinions too since I've been
looking into these myself.

Wayne

On 2/24/09, David B Andrews <David.B.Andrews at state.mn.us> wrote:
> We looked at the Dell Mini 9 and didn't like it as well as some others,
> like the MSI Wind.  Its keyboard wasn't great, and the tester reported
> that it seemed sluggish and didn't handle MSAPI 5 speech well.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> David Andrews
> Chief Technology Officer
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>>>> "Jim" <jp100 at earthlink.net> 2/24/2009 11:20 AM >>>
> Howdy,
>
>
>
> I've been seeing these Del Netbooks for sale at a very good price.
> I'm
> wondering if anyone has used them and if so, how do they work for you?
> Does
> JAWS run on them OK?  What would I need special if I were to get one?
>
> Jim
>
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