Re: questions about netbooks.
- From: "Bill White" <billwhite92701@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:18:58 -0800
Hi, Brian. One thing you want to be sure of is that your netbook has the F
keys or function keys. Some netbooks like Del don't have them, and this can be
a real inconvenience for those of us who don't use a mouse. Also, you might
want to get the maximum available ram in a netbook. They are advertised for
going on the net and getting mail, etc. If you want to run programs on them,
the extra ram will come in handy.
Hth.
Bill White billwhite92701@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Giles
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 2:55 PM
Subject: questions about netbooks.
Good afternoon list,
I hope this isn't too off topic, but here's my deal. A couple years ago I got
a PAC Mate for school, which I later upgraded to the Omni. As time went on, I
got more and more frustrated with it because I couldn't reliably connect to my
school's secure wireless network. To be able to do that at all, I had to add a
key to the registry since Windows Mobile doesn't natively support the
authentication I need. So last fall, my mom gave me her old HP laptop because
she said it didn't work. I reinstalled Windows on it and it worked pretty good.
However, the battery life was terrible even with a new battery, and the right
mouse button was too sensitive, so I'd always click it when I was typing
something. I also didn't like the way JAWS sounded on it, but that's just me
being picky.
So this summer at the ACB convention I met some FS people and I decided to
give the PM another shot. I'm finding that I still don't really like it though.
Even when I use the guest wireless network, which locks out a lot of stuff, it
is incredibly slow. Even my phone loads websites faster than it. I also don't
havea USB adapter, so I don't have an easy way to use it to work on something
that is on a thumb drive.
So today I was thinking about seeing if I could get my parents to get me a
netbook for Christmas, but I don't know much about them. I've only seen one
once, but I didn't get to use it. So I havea f ew questions.
Is there anything specific in a netbook I should look for? I do most of my
computing on my dewsktop here in my dorm, but I really need something that I
can use when I'm on campus. For instance, the DRC will scan my tests and give
them to me on a thumb drive. It'd be easier if I could do them on my own
computer, because I could just use JAWS and not have to use their one computer
with Window-Eyes, and they would rather m use my own computer anyway.
Are the keyboards on netbooks hard to get used to? Are their different places
for certain keys I.E. the all important insert key?
Are there certain netbooks you would recommend/not, or can you point me to a
good website with reviews I can read?
Thanks for any input.
Brian
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