hi eleanor yes i agree these netbooks are great but i read in a computer mag about windows xp being on a mobile phone. this is suposed to come out very soon it would be great if i could run window eyes on this thing wonder if you have seen or heard of anything like this at all as the portability would be good. i think it would be a cut down verssion of xp though. cheers email offlist if you like. ----- source message ----- from: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> to: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> date: 2009/12/11 23:50:04 subject: [access-uk] Re: MSI Wind U100 netbook working fine > > > Hi Clive > I know those teckie people on the list, Ibrahim and Co removed that > partition from the netbooks but a novice like myself kept mine. I have the > NC10. Last Christmas time, around this time, Jackie was raving about it and > I purchased one then. They certainly are fantastic. > > Eleanor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clive Pallett" <clive.pallett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:44 PM > Subject: [access-uk] MSI Wind U100 netbook working fine > > > > Hello Jackie and fellow listers, > > > > I am pleased to report my MSI Wind U100 netbook arrived today and with our > > sighted son David's help have got it up and running. As expected, upon > > boot-up for the first time you have to select the operating system and the > > language, and once that had finished I installed NVDA and adjusted system > > settings to my preference. There are some MSI utilities and also a trial > > version of MS Office 2007. I was soon connected to our wireless network. > > > > One thing I've noticed: The hard drive has two partitions, drive C is > > about > > 30GB and Drive D about 130GB. The operating system is on drive C so I > > would > > think drive d is for data backup. The manual is on the desktop but I had > > trouble loading it, so will convert the PDF file so I can read it. > > > > I like the keyboard, it feels comfortable to type on and most keys are > > where > > you would expect to find them. There are some missing, however, such as > > home, end, page up and pagedown. I would think these functions are > > performed by using the function key with another key. > > > > It's a great little machine, and I'm sure I'll soon get used to it. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Clive Pallett > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG ? www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.716 / Virus Database: 270.14.103/2558 ? Release Date: 12/11/09 > 10:06:00 > > inin* To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > inin* [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > inin* If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > inin* access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > inin* and in the Subject line type > inin* unsubscribe > inin* For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > inin* immediately-following link:- > inin* [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > inin* or send a message, to > inin* 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