You can pick up a USB DVD burner for about $50. You probably won't
use it that much.
Andy
At 07:35 AM 8/18/2009, you 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
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-----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]
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