I would. Okay here's a question. In the future, is GW Micro Going to sell Window-Eyes on an SD card or USB stick? Or is it going to be available only from the website or a CD. That might to be something to think about becausewhat a new user hass a netbook and wants to buy Window- Eyes for the first time? Sandra Fouts Phone Counselor Arkansas Attorney General's Office 323 Center Street, Ste 200 Little Rock, AR 501-371-2303 Fax 501-682-8118
-----Original Message----- From: Raul A. Gallegos [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:36 AM To: GW Info Discussion List Subject: Re: Netbooks and Window-Eyes To make them small, some things have to go. Personally I haven't missed it and I suspect most feel the same way as me. On 8/18/2009 10:35 AM, Sandra Fouts wrote: > So raul, none of the netbooks have a cd rom drive? I thought about > getting one but I'm not sure I will now. > > > Sandra Fouts > Phone Counselor > Arkansas Attorney General's Office > 323 Center Street, Ste 200 > Little Rock, AR > 501-371-2303 > Fax 501-682-8118 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raul A. Gallegos [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:21 AM > To: GW Info Discussion List > Subject: Re: Netbooks and Window-Eyes > > Hi. You will need to install Window-Eyes from an SD card or USB stick as > these little machines don't have cd rom drives, I recommend really checking > different models out first because you may not like the keyboards. Lastly, > the wireless chip supports wep, wpa and wpa2 afaik on all of them. > > One which I don't recommend, but this is my personal opinion, is the MSI > Wind. Although its hardware is pretty much the same as other netbooks, and > its keyboard is a good size, you cannot use the embedded number pad the way > you are supposed to. So this means that if you are like me and use the mouse > pointer a lot with Window-Eyes, you can't hold the fn-key down and the letter > j to simulate the number pad 1 for bottom left. It's very annoying and a deal > breaker for me. I don't want to switch to a laptop layout, and I don't want > to purchase a 10-key pad. So the MSI Wind was out. I gave it to my wife who > doesn't concern herself with such trivial matters, *smile*. > > The Acer is a good machine, but I personally found its keyboard to be spongy > feeling. The Samsung is great although I don't personally own one. And the > one I have, the Asus EEEEEEEEEEEE PC is a great buy as well. > > Oh, and the Dell ones don't even have actual function keys. So that's another > one I wouldn't recommend. > > Hope this helps. > > On 8/16/2009 6:01 PM, Ray Campbell wrote: >> Hello: >> >> We're both thinking about getting a Netbook to replace our Braille >> Note and Voice Note, respectively. I have some questions. >> 1. For anyone using Window-Eyes on a Netbook, are there any things >> that we should be aware of? >> 2. From your experience, do most Netbooks support WPA encryption for WiFi? >> 3. Have any of you put Office 2007 on a Netbook and if yes, what >> issues, if any, did you have? >> >> Thanks for any help anyone can offer. >> >> Ray Campbell >> [email protected] >> >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.58/2304 - Release Date: >> 08/16/09 06:09:00 >> >> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >> sender only. 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