sorry to be such a shill for Lenovo but their Thinkpad X100e is much more than a netbook and can be had for less than $600 with shipping and 4gB of RAM running Windows7 (and currently there's a great deal for $620 for their highest end model). It's a great, robust "real" machine with a real keyboard vs the netbooks that I've used that are almost unusable for my large hands but if you're a Mac user, you should seriously look into an iPad On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Don Lesser <dlesser at ptraining.com> wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > I am liking Windows 7 a lot. The inability to access some folders is > because, for reasons best known to Microsoft, they have “links” to these > folders to maintain compatibility with your old software. Fine enough, but > why show them? Sort of like showing the desktop.ini file on your > desktop—it’s OK to have them, but why not hide them since users continually > click on them and wonder why they can’t access them (esp. since there is a > second My Documents folder that you CAN access). Still, 7 is far better than > Vista in every way. I have yet to have it hang. > > > > Don Lesser > > Pioneer Training, Inc. > > 139B Damon Road, Ste 2 > > Northampton, MA 01060 > > (413) 387-1040 > > (413) 586-0545 (fax) > > dlesser at ptraining.com > > www.ptraining.com > > > > *From:* hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto: > hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] *On Behalf Of *Maria Korolov > (Trombly) > *Sent:* Monday, June 28, 2010 11:58 AM > *To:* Cynthia Roderick > *Cc:* hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > *Subject:* Re: [Hidden-tech] $400 "notebooks"? > > > > Cynthia -- > > I've bought a couple of $400 laptops from Walmart. I originally bought them > because my house is full of kids, and I don't want to have a $1000 computer > at risk in the living room - and while I'm traveling. > > But I've discovered that today's $400 computer is several times better than > a $1000 computer from a couple of years ago. The processors are fast, the > hard drives are big, the WiFi is built-in, and the screens are nice and > sharp. > > Maybe you don't want a $400 laptop if you're running the most high-end of > the high-end games, or editing video. But for email, wordpressing and almost > anything else they are more than enough. > > The only problem I had with them is that last year they came with Windows > Vista and, this year, with Windows 7. If you're willing to live with that, > you're all set. I found Vista to be horrible enough that I actually > installed Linux instead (Ubuntu), but that came with its own problems. (I > don't want to have to type a password every time I turn it on! I'm just > using it to watch movies! Arrgh!) > > Windows 7 is also causing me some problems -- not all my software is > compatible, and sometimes I'm forbidden from accessing some of my folders > (like my Programs or Documents) for some arcane security reason. But I'm > living with it. > > The $400 laptops also aren't the lightest in the store -- get a netbook for > that -- but, again, still lighter than a more expensive model from a couple > of years back. > > Overall, I'm very happy. I can watch movies (while more load in the > background), surf the web, write, edit photos, access all my online apps -- > everything I need. They're both fast, and both reliable. Not a single glitch > with either one (other than the Windows-related hassles). > > The one I bought last year was an Acer (the cheapest in the store) and the > one this year a Toshiba (again, the cheapest in the store). Both live quite > happily in the living room among the kids and pets. > > - Maria > > Maria Korolov (Trombly) 508-443-1130 | maria at trombly.com > Technology columnist > Securities Industry News | Insurance Networking News | Bank Technology News > Editor & publisher, Hypergrid Business (http://www.hypergridbusiness.com) > > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Cynthia Roderick <cynthrod at verizon.net> > wrote: > > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > I’ll be traveling in a third-world country and don’t want to bring my > MacBookPro.. I was thinking I’d buy one of those $400 deals for Internet, > email, and word processing... Does anyone have experience with one of these > devices.... 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