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Melanie Sands typed on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:28:22 -0700 (PDT):
> On 15 Jun., 20:07, "BillW50" <Bill...@aol.kom> wrote:
>> Bob Villa typed on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:48:59 -0700 (PDT):
>>>
>>> Thanks for the kind words (in English)!
>
> You're welcome. I was nasty to the German guy, it's my fault they
> got all ticked off.
>
>>> 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!)
>
> 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...
>
>
> 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.
>
> 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...!

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.

>> 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. ;-)
>
> What about people with wall eyes? You know, one eye looks left, one
> right...
>
> Melanie

I am sure you could find all of that under the Control Panel properties. 
;-)

-- 
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3