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On 6 July, 13:43, Melanie Sands <Melanie_Sa...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 17, 8:46 pm, "BillW50" <Bill...@aol.kom> wrote:
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> > Innews:2fdbdb27-0c24-4e47-bce7-c4449cb63a8c@a30g2000yqn.googlegroups.com,
> > Melanie Sands typed on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:28:22 -0700 (PDT):
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> > > On 15 Jun., 20:07, "BillW50" <Bill...@aol.kom> wrote:
> > >> Bob Villa typed on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:48:59 -0700 (PDT):
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> > >>> Thanks for the kind words (in English)!
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> > > You're welcome. I was nasty to the German guy, it's my fault they
> > > got all ticked off.
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> > >>> I agree about netbooks...if they were $150 I might think about it.
> > >>> For $300 you can get a Toshiba with Windows 7 and 3gigs of ram (not
> > >>> the everyday price, mind you!)
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> > > I know, and I'm flat broke. 150.oo would be the right price.
> > > But my normal laptop - an Acer Aspire 5315
> > > (with VISTA on it - is there no mercy for people like me?! No wonder
> > > I'm bitchy!) - is so HEAVY, and I have it at the office (I'm self-
> > > employed
> > > with my husband) and take it home from time to time and it just tears
> > > my arm out at the shoulder...
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> > > BillW50 wrote:
> > >> Oh I love the little guys! So much, I bought five of them. They are
> > >> so light and quiet and runs for many hours on battery. I even
> > >> connected one up to an external monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. And
> > >> most of the time, you forget the brains is really just a tiny
> > >> netbook only using 10 watts of power. And carrying them around all
> > >> day is no big deal. And as a test, I only used one single netbook
> > >> for two months straight. And I didn't miss a bigger machine one bit.
> > >> And these things are really rugged too. And the best part is they
> > >> are so Star Trek like. There isn't much of a down side to them at
> > >> all.
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> > > Aaarrgh! Why did you have to tell me this! I need a netbook to
> > > scribble my short stories on. I go by bus and write into a
> > > pupil's paper notebook with an ink pen, and then I have type
> > > it all up, and I would so want a netbook that is light and
> > > and fits into my little black leather rucksack, she said
> > > sobbing quietly into her handkerchief, but I'm broke at
> > > the moment as although I live in Switzerland
> > > I do NOT belong to UBS management
> > > with their huge bonuses...
> > > BUT my birthday is coming up, so there is still hope...!
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> > Oh sorry to hear that Melanie. I really dislike typing in something
> > already printed or handwritten too. If we were very good friends, I
> > wouldn't mind lending you one of mine. But you can find used netbooks on
> > eBay for around $150.
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> > >> So what will topple netbook sales? How about people going nuts over
> > >> the next innovation of netglasses. Where the glasses are the screen
> > >> and the mouse follows your eye movements. And you blink your left
> > >> eye for a left mouse click, right for the right one. Heck I would
> > >> buy one of those. Maybe five of them. ;-)
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> > > What about people with wall eyes? You know, one eye looks left, one
> > > right...
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> > > Melanie
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> > I am sure you could find all of that under the Control Panel properties.
> > ;-)
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> > Bill
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> But would a wall-eyed guy even FIND the control panel? It would have
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> be a sort of fold-out left-and-right-winged version.
> By the way,I bought a laptop. It cost 600 francs. ($550)
> The cheapest netbook in the cheapest store here cost
> 379 francs. Then I bought Office home and student
> 2010 (I still had 2003 version) online for 60 francs less than the
> store price, and
> it's amazing! I've never had "publisher" on my PC before!
> It is sooooo cool! Me and my husband have our own business,
> and the things I'll be able to do with "publisher"!
> I have the laptop at home, and just continue to use my own paper
> notebook and ink pen in the bus...
> When the netbooks cost 150 and less, I'll buy one, though.

They already do, if you import one.

> Cheers guys, have a lovely summer!
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> Melanie

"Summer"? What's that? (A confused English guy)

Mark