Re: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector

2008-10-05 Thread Brian Abbott
Ted Roche wrote: > Wired blog: "Tiny Notes Net Big Gains: The Netbook Revolution" > > "You may not know it yet, but the next computer you buy is going to be > a netbook. The numbers say so." > > http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/09/netbooks-evolvi.html > > Anyone planning on deploying their VFP

Re: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector

2008-10-05 Thread Pete Theisen
Mark Stanton wrote: > Not only do I not see what all the fuss is about, but it seems like a > seriously retrograde step to me. > > We started off with computers that no mortal could get near and then > the personal computer arrived and bang! Computing for the people. > > Now it's terribly conv

Re: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector

2008-10-05 Thread Ted Roche
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Mark Stanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now it's terribly convenient for the big corporations to take the > real computing power back behind closed doors, as far as I can tell > largely for the benefit of their own income streams. Of course we > trust them to be

Re: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector

2008-10-05 Thread Mark Stanton
Not only do I not see what all the fuss is about, but it seems like a seriously retrograde step to me. We started off with computers that no mortal could get near and then the personal computer arrived and bang! Computing for the people. Now it's terribly convenient for the big corporations to

Re: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector

2008-10-04 Thread Ted Roche
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Matt Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But that 7" screen could be a real drag, especially after a long day > Yeah, my aging eyes have me zooming fonts more often these days. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/09/12/rh_bg_netbooks/ has pages of review. My

Re: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector

2008-10-03 Thread Pete Theisen
Ted Roche wrote: > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Matt Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I had the ASUS eeePC from first of the year up until mid-August (last >> company bought me one and I left that job). > > At a recent LUG meeting, the coodinator brought along his daughter, > who had ju

Re: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector

2008-10-03 Thread Ted Roche
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Matt Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had the ASUS eeePC from first of the year up until mid-August (last > company bought me one and I left that job). At a recent LUG meeting, the coodinator brought along his daughter, who had just started kindergarten, and

RE: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector

2008-10-03 Thread Matt Jarvis
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions General Account > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 1:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector > > It'

Re: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector

2008-10-02 Thread Michael Madigan
--- On Thu, 10/2/08, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector > To: "ProFox Email List" > Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 4:34 PM > OK, but their bott

Re: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector

2008-10-02 Thread Michael Madigan
s.com/rightwingmike --- On Thu, 10/2/08, MB Software Solutions General Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: MB Software Solutions General Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector > To: "ProFox Email List" > Date:

Re: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector

2008-10-02 Thread MB Software Solutions General Account
On Thu, October 2, 2008 4:24 pm, Michael Madigan wrote: > I'm just not seeing what the fuss is all about. Maybe it's because I > don't travel much for work. > > Seems way underpowered. > > > I can see the benefits of putting an application that has to be mobile on > it. Maybe for installation in

Re: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector

2008-10-02 Thread Michael Madigan
r putting it in places requiring less space. Can people give me an idea what I'm missing? --- On Thu, 10/2/08, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [NF] Netbooks - growing market sector > To: profox@leafe.com > Date

[NF] Netbooks - growing market sector

2008-10-02 Thread Ted Roche
Wired blog: "Tiny Notes Net Big Gains: The Netbook Revolution" "You may not know it yet, but the next computer you buy is going to be a netbook. The numbers say so." http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/09/netbooks-evolvi.html Anyone planning on deploying their VFP apps on it? How about their web