[Hidden-tech] $400 "notebooks"?

[Cynthia Roderick]

Thanks to everyone who has responded... I have lots of truly helpful
information to consider....
What a great resource you all are....
Best,
Cynthia Roderick


On Tuesday,6/29/10 8:21 AM, "Joseph Steig" <josephsteig at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
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>> 
>> I am liking Windows 7 a lot. The inability to access some folders is because,
>> for reasons best known to Microsoft, they have ³links² 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‹it¹s OK to
>> have them, but why not hide them since users continually click on them and
>> wonder why they can¹t 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.
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>> 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
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>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> I¹ll be traveling in a third-world country and don¹t want to bring my
>> MacBookPro.. I was thinking I¹d buy one of those $400 deals for Internet,
>> email, and word processing... Does anyone have experience with one of these
>> devices.... Any recommendations?
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Cynthia Roderick
>> 
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