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. -----Original Message----- 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. -----Original Message----- 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. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4585 (20091108) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4585 (20091108) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4585 (20091108) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq