Hi Amro, thanks for the info, much appreciated will look at the dell site. alistair From: Amro Bilal Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 2:38 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: netbooks Ali, I don't think these netbooks are powerful enough to run on Vista. But the Intel Atom is sufficient enough to handle your screen reader. I was on the Dell site last week and saw that they have a Mini with a slightly more powerful processer than the usual Atom 1.60GHz. BTW, did you get my message about the Acapela voices that I sent two weeks ago? You can reply off list... HTH, Amro -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ali Sent: 03 August 2009 12:35 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] netbooks Hi folks, Have seen some list traffic on this subject before but as I had no interest I didn't pay much attention. I have however been looking at them recently but am slightly confused by a couple of things. (if truth be told more than a couple LOL) Most seem to have XP as their OP,I thought it would be at least vista home basic or premium. I also note they use a intell atom processor, are they ok and what speed is ok. Been looking at 2 in particular, Acer aspire 1D250 and the samsung N130, both for around £30 for 3gb of network access per-month. does anyone have a personal recommendation or know of a better deal? Best wishes Alistair Thankyou! __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4300 (20090803) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4300 (20090803) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com