Hi, Just curious re: your comment on choosing the operating system. Does the netbook ship with a choice of two? The only reason I ask is that quite a few portable computers are shipping with one operating system installed, but the option of another as the recovery partition. On some you can choose for the system to install the recovery operating system instead of the default one. Just curious if this holds for the MSI Wind given its relatively low retail price. _______________________________________ Have a pleasant day, Kind Regards and Best Wishes, Hussein. I am participating in the 2009 National Novel Writing Month Challenge. Follow my progress at http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/498747 Hussein Patwa Tel: 0789 47 595 62 (UK) Tel: +44 (0)122 4433 954 (SIP) Skype: patwaspotterfan2 GoogleTalk: thewanderingwriter Web: www.patwanet.co.uk My Blog: http://patwaspotterfan.livejournal.com Find me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=510013486 Please note: For security reasons calls from witheld numbers may not be connected. Please release your number so it can be viewed prior to calling. Contact your telephone service provider for advice on how to do this if required. All calls may be recorded for fact verification. DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential or sensitive information and are intended solely for the stated recipient(s). Copying or distribution in any form is not permitted without the prior consent of the sender. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and any attachments from your system and notify the sender immediately. Thank you for your co-operation. Protect our trees; Do not print unless absolutely necessary. Save paper by deleting sections of the message which are not relevant. > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Clive Pallett > Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:44 PM > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] MSI Wind U100 netbook working fine > > Hello Jackie and fellow listers, > > I am pleased to report my MSI Wind U100 netbook arrived today and with > our sighted son David's help have got it up and running. As expected, > upon boot-up for the first time you have to select the operating system > and the language, and once that had finished I installed NVDA and > adjusted system settings to my preference. There are some MSI > utilities and also a trial version of MS Office 2007. I was soon > connected to our wireless network. > > One thing I've noticed: The hard drive has two partitions, drive C is > about 30GB and Drive D about 130GB. The operating system is on drive C > so I would think drive d is for data backup. The manual is on the > desktop but I had trouble loading it, so will convert the PDF file so I > can read it. > > I like the keyboard, it feels comfortable to type on and most keys are > where you would expect to find them. There are some missing, however, > such as home, end, page up and pagedown. I would think these functions > are performed by using the function key with another key. > > It's a great little machine, and I'm sure I'll soon get used to it. > > Best wishes, > > Clive Pallett > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 4680 (20091211) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4680 (20091211) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq