Hi Tracey, Some are less than 300 quid. That's what's attractive about them. If you don't need power, they have a nice price tag too. All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Spring.flower Sent: Wednesday 27 August 2008 20:43 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs what are the prices like for these? Trace ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amro Bilal" <amro_bilal@xxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 4:48 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs > 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 >>> >>> ** 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 >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >>> Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1632 - Release Date: >>> 25/08/2008 >> >>> 07:05 >>> >>> >>> >> >> ** 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 >> >> > > ** 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. 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