[access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs

  • From: "Saqib" <saqib500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:35:33 +0100

I think the reason for people still going for laptops is because they can handle more rigorous usage. I personally wouldn't want to use a Ultra Laptop for no more than 2 hours at a time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 7:31 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs


Hi Steve - This sounds a good way to go for portability then, why are people
still going for laptops I wonder? -

Andy
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 6:33 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs


| Hi Andy,
|
| Yes, it does.
|
| All the best
|
| Steve
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
| Andy Collins
| Sent: Tuesday 26 August 2008 18:14
| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs
|
| Steve - Does JFW work then on these UMPCs? -
|
| Andy
| ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:41 PM
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs
|
|
|| Hi Andy,
||
|| I've no idea, I don't use it.
||
|| All the best
||
|| Steve
||
|| -----Original Message-----
|| From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
| Of
|| Andy Collins
|| Sent: Tuesday 26 August 2008 10:21
|| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
|| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs
||
|| Steve - Is there a steep learning curve with Linnux? Is it very different
| to
||
|| Windows? -
||
|| Andy
|| ----- Original Message ----- || From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 7:39 AM
|| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs
||
||
||| Hi,
|||
||| Linnux has a dedicated screen reader called Speakup.  If you download
the
||| Ubuntu distribution, it can even speak the installation process.
|||
||| All the best
|||
||| Steve
|||
||| -----Original Message-----
||| From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
|| Of
||| Saqib
||| Sent: Monday 25 August 2008 20:49
||| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
||| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs
|||
||| Hi Steve what speech program can you use with Linux. I was told that
| Linux
||| doesn't support the current market of speech programs.
||| ----- Original Message ----- ||| From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
||| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
||| Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 8:23 PM
||| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs
|||
|||
||| > 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? I don't know
||| >>>>>what
||| >>>>>OS
||| >>>>>systems UMPCs use, so I'd be interested if anybody has any
| experience
||| >>>>>of
||| >>>>>using one, what kind of features they offer etc, but this of course
|| is
||| >>>>>only
||| >>>>>relevant if JFW runs ok! -
||| >>>>>
||| >>>>>Andy
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