Re: [Ql-Users] sub-£100 notebook

2008-09-04 Thread hitchies
Thanks Richard for your informative and helpful machine assesments. However, about (8GB) SSD... I am ignorant! SSD? please Richard. TIA Greetings to all John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] sub-£100 notebook

2008-09-04 Thread Richard Kilpatrick
On 4 Sep 2008, at 10:42, hitchies wrote: Thanks Richard for your informative and helpful machine assesments. However, about (8GB) SSD... I am ignorant! SSD = Solid State Disc. Smaller, more expensive per GB, and slower - but very hard to break. The primary drawback of a machine with

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: 25th+AGM news

2008-09-04 Thread Tony Firshman
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 03/09/2008 19:57: This is advance notice of a special event Quanta will be holding to celebrate the 25th Anniversary next year. I hope that announcing it this early will help QLers everywhere to make advance arrangements to attend the event. Dilwyn Jones

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: 25th+AGM news

2008-09-04 Thread Derek Stewart
Tony, Be careful, the street are flooded ... Tony Firshman wrote: Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 03/09/2008 19:57: This is advance notice of a special event Quanta will be holding to celebrate the 25th Anniversary next year. I hope that announcing it this early will help QLers everywhere to make

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: 25th+AGM news

2008-09-04 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening Tony, I am probably singing in Venice that weekend (8-(# Make the most of it. I read recently that the city council (or equivalent) have given the go ahead to put up neon signs in St Marks! At least I think it was neon - but with my memory, it could have been something else.

Re: [Ql-Users] sub-£100 notebook

2008-09-04 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard Kilpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi Dilwyn, I have just bought the October issue of PC Pro magazine, and Asus, who make the Eee Pc have a massive 12 page advertising booklet within it. So, they do a very wide range of products. In the notebook (

Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: 25th+AGM news

2008-09-04 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 03/09/2008 19:57: This is advance notice of a special event Quanta will be holding to celebrate the 25th Anniversary next year. I hope that announcing it this early will help QLers everywhere to make

Re: [Ql-Users] sub-£100 notebook

2008-09-04 Thread Richard Kilpatrick
On 4 Sep 2008, at 20:26, Malcolm Cadman wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard Kilpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi Dilwyn, I have just bought the October issue of PC Pro magazine, and Asus, who make the Eee Pc have a massive 12 page advertising booklet within it. So, they do

Re: [Ql-Users] sub-£100 notebook

2008-09-04 Thread Derek Stewart
Hi Malcom, I cn get the EEEPC for less than the prices you quote, but I would have to buy in batches of 10-20 to get the discounted price. I am not sure if there is a mrket for this type of thing. What do you think. Derek Malcolm Cadman wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard