Hi Andy, Yes indeed. All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Collins Sent: Monday 25 August 2008 21:22 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs So, if we're not in to gaming, would something like this Asus EEEPC replace a laptop? - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 8:35 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs | You can get an Asus EEEPC with an 80 GB hard drive. A | colleague has one, and reckons battery life on hers is in | the area of 4 - 5 hours. Mind you, that's without running | JAWS. | | George. | | -----Original Message----- | From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dean Wilcox | Sent: 25 August 2008 17:25 | To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | 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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