Dear Doug I agree with you in every way. I do not expect my BN to hold COULDS or floppies, but I bet the PACMATE manufacturers will be looking at installing USB facilities on their product if they haven't already. Sory to the PDI staff if that sounds bitchy. I don't mean to be; but I agree that the pricing of these machines demands that they are more like laptops in regards to memory and the USB and monitor capabilities.
As I said before, I would be willing to pay for a hardware upgrade if it meant I could print straight from my BN to my USB printer. Cheers! Michele > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Doug Lawlor <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:58:52 -02-30 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] USB port on BN? >I have to disagree that the braillenote will never be a pc or a laptop. >Todays new motherboards are getting very small. Sure we won't see a CD/DVD >rom drive but I can't see any reason why we can't have a hard disk, USB >Port, VGA monitor port, and conventional memory. I think for the price we >pay for these machines we should expect laptop functionality and no less! >Doug >At 06:31 PM 28/07/2004, you wrote: >>We can say that the BN family should have been more mainstream, should >>have USB, should be better organized, should be perfect. It's still just >>a notetaker, it isn't, and never will be, a PC or laptop. There's only so >>much room in the machine, and only so much we can afford to >>pay. Something had to give somewhere, and not everyone is satisfied with >>what we have. It's still a great little machine! >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Victory >>Associates LTD, Inc. >>Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 3:58 PM >>To: Braillenote List >>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] USB port on BN? >>Hello Richard: >>In my opinion, hind sight should have been 20-20!! How so? Before the >>advent of the BrailleNote, PulseData knew that USB ports were in vogue. The >>company should have incorporated them into the BrailleNote from the onset. >>However, there is always a reason to charge more, so we'd constantly go to >>the drawing boards to re-do all the evaluations again. >>Sincerely, >>Olusegun >>___ >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >>___ >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >>--- >>Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >>Version: 6.0.725 / Virus Database: 480 - Release Date: 19/07/2004 >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
