[vicsireland] Re: Netbook PC?
- From: Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitzpat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 17:12:22 +0000
Hi Ronan,
I've seen people run Jaws on a few netbooks. Having spoken to two of them,
they are both running machines with 2-gig of memory. Now unlike Stuart
earlier, I know a few people in Austria who've used Acer and Asus machines
(laptops rather than netbooks) and have found them OK. I guess it is just the
luck of the draw.
However, I do agree with you on the Mac Air. Wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot
barge pole. Over-priced and under-powered would be my description.
Cheers,
Dónal
On 2 Jan 2011, at 17:05, Ronan McGuirk wrote:
>
> Hi Kerry and a Happy New Year.
>
> I am a fan of Apple, and am also writing this on a Mac! However, my only
> problem with the mac book air is the price!
>
> In these recessionary times I am looking for a low budget solution. I am
> interested in NVDA as a screen reader on the windows family and having tried
> it for a few weeks on a desktop, I am fairly hopeful that it could be part
> of a low cost netbook solution.
>
> Hope this makes my query a bit clearer.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ronan
>
>
>
> On 2 Jan 2011, at 03:27, Kerie Doyle wrote:
>
>> Hi Ronan.
>>
>> I've had a del netbook before, and my boyfriend still has one now, and he
>> finds no issue with it, it works fine with jaws also. I've seen Samsung
>> netbooks two which i thought were pretty good, and you just can't go wrong
>> with toshiba, they are as i'm sure you know, a great name. Now if you wanted
>> to veer towards the wonderful world of apple for your netbook needs, you
>> could purchase the macbook air, which as you know, because you already have
>> a mac, has voice over. If you want me to give you any information on macbook
>> air, let me know, as i'm using one typing this email, i love my macbook air,
>> and wouldn't be without it.
>>
>> Really hope this helps, and a happy new year to you.
>> kerie
>> On 1 Jan 2011, at 16:29, Ronan McGuirk wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I am interested in purchasing a netbook PC.
>>>
>>> Has anyon on this list any experience with netbooks and screen readers?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Ronan
>>>
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