Hi Barry, XP Home or Linux. Both of which will of course, talk. All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry G Sent: Monday 25 August 2008 17:30 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs Do you know what operating system it's using, and will it run a screen reader? All the best, Barry G ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Wilcox" <wilcoxdean@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 5:25 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs >I am surprised the Asus EEE mobile PC isn't getting more of a mention. Its >a mobile PC like we're discussing here but the hard drive is flash based. >It only has a 4 or 8 GB drive depending on model but you can use SD cards >to boost this. This makes it quieter and the battery life is over 3 hours, >I'm sure I heard 3.5. > > At 16:48 25/08/2008, you wrote: >>Hi Steve, >> >>"I have just ordered the MSI Wind, primarily because it has a slightly >>more gutsy processor than the Advent on it..." >> >>Hmmm, from what I read the MSI Wind and the Advent are the same. The >>reviews say that the Advent is the MSI Wind only repackaged under a >>different brand name for UK market and sold by PC World. It worth >>mentioning that the new EEEPC is using the Atom Intel processer too. >> >>Cheers, >>Amro >> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 2:31 PM >>Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs >> >> >>>Hi Saqib, >>> >>>I have just ordered the MSI Wind, primarily because it has a slightly >>>more >>>gutsy processor than the Advent on it. Also, I read in reviews that the >>>fan >>>on the Advent is a bit noisy. Is this true? >>> >>>All the best >>> >>>Steve >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf >>>Of >>>Saqib >>>Sent: Monday 25 August 2008 12:56 >>>To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs >>> >>>Hi Andy I have the Advent 4211 10 inch mini laptop. It has XP HOme and >>>1GB >>>RAM and 80 GB hard disk space. Battery life will be around 1 hour and 40 >>>mins roughly. It has 3 USB ports and the fan vents are on the left side. >>>I >>>run System Access which is my preferred screen reader and I think Jaws >>>will >>>run nicely on the machine. I will run a demo on the machine later to see >>>if >>>Jaws does run properly. This laptop is for £279.99 from PC World and >>>Currys. >>> >>>I'll let you know how the Jaws experiment went. >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Collins" >>><andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 12:46 PM >>>Subject: [access-uk] Ultra Mobile PCs >>> >>> >>>>Hi all - >>>> >>>>Will JFW run under the OS on UMPCs? I don't know anything about UMPCs, >>>>but >>>>they look to be a more handy alternative to a laptop? 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