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From: Melanie Sands on 15 Jun 2010 16:28 On 15 Jun., 20:07, "BillW50" <Bill...(a)aol.kom> wrote: > Bob Villa typed on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:48:59 -0700 (PDT): >> > > Thanks for the kind words (in English)! You're welcome. I was nasty to the German guy, it's my fault they got all ticked off. > > I agree about netbooks...if they were $150 I might think about it. For > > $300 you can get a Toshiba with Windows 7 and 3gigs of ram (not the > > everyday price, mind you!) I know, and I'm flat broke. 150.oo would be the right price. But my normal laptop - an Acer Aspire 5315 (with VISTA on it - is there no mercy for people like me?! No wonder I'm bitchy!) - is so HEAVY, and I have it at the office (I'm self- employed with my husband) and take it home from time to time and it just tears my arm out at the shoulder... BillW50 wrote: > Oh I love the little guys! So much, I bought five of them. They are so > light and quiet and runs for many hours on battery. I even connected one > up to an external monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. And most of the time, > you forget the brains is really just a tiny netbook only using 10 watts > of power. And carrying them around all day is no big deal. And as a > test, I only used one single netbook for two months straight. And I > didn't miss a bigger machine one bit. And these things are really rugged > too. And the best part is they are so Star Trek like. There isn't much > of a down side to them at all. Aaarrgh! Why did you have to tell me this! I need a netbook to scribble my short stories on. I go by bus and write into a pupil's paper notebook with an ink pen, and then I have type it all up, and I would so want a netbook that is light and and fits into my little black leather rucksack, she said sobbing quietly into her handkerchief, but I'm broke at the moment as although I live in Switzerland I do NOT belong to UBS management with their huge bonuses... BUT my birthday is coming up, so there is still hope...! > So what will topple netbook sales? How about people going nuts over the > next innovation of netglasses. Where the glasses are the screen and the > mouse follows your eye movements. And you blink your left eye for a left > mouse click, right for the right one. Heck I would buy one of those. > Maybe five of them. ;-) > What about people with wall eyes? You know, one eye looks left, one right... Melanie
From: felmon on 16 Jun 2010 15:20 On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:36:07 -0500, BillW50 wrote: > In > news:04d29013-0a71-4e9a-b0b0-0f5e16751ba3(a)t10g2000yqg.googlegroups.com, > Bob Villa typed on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:30:02 -0700 (PDT): >> We never said we DIDN'T want one! >> You can step down from the soapbox now. > > No soapbox here. Just five netbooks. ;-) I know you have posted on this before (alot!) but I don't recall your impressions of using netbooks for writing. I do a lot of foolin' around on a computer but my main activity is writing, emails but also longer documents (comments on papers, papers). and this month or next I also will have to put together a number of essays into a 100 page document and format it to be sent to a printer. I'm about to lug my faithful laptop to Germany but wonder what it would be like to live out of a netbook instead and do the above stuff. I do know you favor glaze-free matte screens as I do. hard to find in stores (USA) though the hp mini comes pretty close. glareless or as close as possible is a must for me. well, that's a different question. so how are they for intensive writing? Felmon
From: BillW50 on 17 Jun 2010 14:27 In news:r5of16968atcpiqmos2dg8bpu3jsm6qktt(a)4ax.com, AJL typed on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:25:24 -0700: > "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >> So what will topple netbook sale? > > Maybe the tablet? Judging from the iPad frenzy the market is there, > and Asus and several mfgs will be out soon with their own tablets. Yes indeed. I was just looking a bit further into the future with my imagination. As far as I know, there really is no such thing as netglasses. As I made the name up. But it will probably become available sometime in the future. ;-) -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
From: BillW50 on 17 Jun 2010 14:46 In news:2fdbdb27-0c24-4e47-bce7-c4449cb63a8c(a)a30g2000yqn.googlegroups.com, Melanie Sands typed on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:28:22 -0700 (PDT): > On 15 Jun., 20:07, "BillW50" <Bill...(a)aol.kom> wrote: >> Bob Villa typed on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:48:59 -0700 (PDT): >>> >>> Thanks for the kind words (in English)! > > You're welcome. I was nasty to the German guy, it's my fault they > got all ticked off. > >>> I agree about netbooks...if they were $150 I might think about it. >>> For $300 you can get a Toshiba with Windows 7 and 3gigs of ram (not >>> the everyday price, mind you!) > > I know, and I'm flat broke. 150.oo would be the right price. > But my normal laptop - an Acer Aspire 5315 > (with VISTA on it - is there no mercy for people like me?! No wonder > I'm bitchy!) - is so HEAVY, and I have it at the office (I'm self- > employed > with my husband) and take it home from time to time and it just tears > my arm out at the shoulder... > > > BillW50 wrote: >> Oh I love the little guys! So much, I bought five of them. They are >> so light and quiet and runs for many hours on battery. I even >> connected one up to an external monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. And >> most of the time, you forget the brains is really just a tiny >> netbook only using 10 watts of power. And carrying them around all >> day is no big deal. And as a test, I only used one single netbook >> for two months straight. And I didn't miss a bigger machine one bit. >> And these things are really rugged too. And the best part is they >> are so Star Trek like. There isn't much of a down side to them at >> all. > > Aaarrgh! Why did you have to tell me this! I need a netbook to > scribble my short stories on. I go by bus and write into a > pupil's paper notebook with an ink pen, and then I have type > it all up, and I would so want a netbook that is light and > and fits into my little black leather rucksack, she said > sobbing quietly into her handkerchief, but I'm broke at > the moment as although I live in Switzerland > I do NOT belong to UBS management > with their huge bonuses... > BUT my birthday is coming up, so there is still hope...! Oh sorry to hear that Melanie. I really dislike typing in something already printed or handwritten too. If we were very good friends, I wouldn't mind lending you one of mine. But you can find used netbooks on eBay for around $150. >> So what will topple netbook sales? How about people going nuts over >> the next innovation of netglasses. Where the glasses are the screen >> and the mouse follows your eye movements. And you blink your left >> eye for a left mouse click, right for the right one. Heck I would >> buy one of those. Maybe five of them. ;-) > > What about people with wall eyes? You know, one eye looks left, one > right... > > Melanie I am sure you could find all of that under the Control Panel properties. ;-) -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
From: BillW50 on 17 Jun 2010 14:54
In news:Po6dnbdbJu1kvoTRnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d(a)giganews.com, felmon typed on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:20:25 -0500: > On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:36:07 -0500, BillW50 wrote: > >> In >> news:04d29013-0a71-4e9a-b0b0-0f5e16751ba3(a)t10g2000yqg.googlegroups.com, >> Bob Villa typed on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:30:02 -0700 (PDT): >>> We never said we DIDN'T want one! >>> You can step down from the soapbox now. >> >> No soapbox here. Just five netbooks. ;-) > > I know you have posted on this before (alot!) but I don't recall your > impressions of using netbooks for writing. > > I do a lot of foolin' around on a computer but my main activity is > writing, emails but also longer documents (comments on papers, > papers). and this month or next I also will have to put together a > number of essays into a 100 page document and format it to be sent to > a printer. > > I'm about to lug my faithful laptop to Germany but wonder what it > would be like to live out of a netbook instead and do the above stuff. > > I do know you favor glaze-free matte screens as I do. hard to find in > stores (USA) though the hp mini comes pretty close. glareless or as > close as possible is a must for me. well, that's a different question. > > so how are they for intensive writing? > > Felmon Typing on the smaller keyboard depends a lot on the individual. Some people adapt to it really well right away. Some others require some more time. Although I would think most people shouldn't have much trouble after a week or two. The other problem that some complain about is the small screen. Some have problems viewing such a small area. This doesn't get better with time. Although better glasses might work. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3 |