[access-uk] Re: Advent laptops: your thoughts, please?

Ah thanks. Chat soon.

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Barbara Wilson
Sent: 08 November 2009 9:35 PM
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Advent laptops: your thoughts, please?

Hi Chris

Very few laptops give more than three or four hours battery life at the 
most. For great battery life the netbooks are best.


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 9:33 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Advent laptops: your thoughts, please?


> Aw thanks for your thoughts. So the battery life is probably a concern 
> then
> if she wishes to use it whilst being mobile. Chat soon.
>
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> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
> Of
> Caroline Ford
> Sent: 08 November 2009 9:30 PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Advent laptops: your thoughts, please?
>
> Chris,
>
> I've had an Advent laptop for nearly two years and have had no problems 
> with
> it at all.  I like the keyboard layout myself as the keys are all of a
> reasonable size and well laid out.  There are no extras on the keyboard,
> such as keys to start extra applications, which can sometimes get in the
> way.
>
> Another plus point for this laptop is that it didn't come with a lot of
> extra software installed.
>
> The one thing I really don't like is its battery life which has always 
> been
> extremely short.  I hardly ever use it without plugging it into the mains 
> as
> a result.  I'm lucky if I get an hour and a half out of it, and this is
> after tweaking the power options to eke out the battery as much as 
> possible.
>
> The keyboard layout could of course be different now from when I bought my
> machine, but I don't regret buying it, although I would probably not go 
> for
> Vista again if I had the choice.  It has some temperamental quirks which I
> could do without.
>
> Caroline.
>
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> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
> Of
> Chris Hallsworth
> Sent: 08 November 2009 21:17
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Advent laptops: your thoughts, please?
>
> Hello all,
> This isn't for me, but my father is looking for a laptop to give to my
> sister for Christmas. This is so she can do college work and perhaps a bit
> of online activity. He saw an Advent Rumour 1500 laptop presumably on
> Amazon, and I'm just wondering what your thoughts are on Advent laptops in
> general? As for me, I don't like where they position keys like insert,
> delete, home, end, etc. As I have never owned an Advent laptop I can only
> tell you what I saw in the shops. My father's looking for the cheapest
> laptop possible. They all seem to have 3GB onboard RAM, 500GB HDD and 
> either
> Windows Vista or Windows 7, mainly Windows Vista.
> Thanks for your thoughts.
> Chat soon.
>
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