I have an Asus 900 HA and I love it. I'm using the latest update to JAWS 9 with Office 2003 Pro. I have XP Home on this netbook. I got it just for that reason rather than going with a regular laptop. Its hard to find anything in a laptop that doesn't use Vista. The keyboard on this particular Netbook is very similar to a desktop layout, with two control keys and alt keys. You do need to use the function key for end, home, page up and down, but I just set my layout to desktop keyboard in JAWS and it works great for me. I use an external num pad though, so if you set it up as a laptop keyboard, the keys are pretty much the same with JAWS. It is very small, and takes a little practice to use, but I can type as fast on it now as my desktop keyboard without any problem. I chose this model because it has such a similar keyboard layout to a desktop. Others are quite different, but I'm sure there must be some models that are just as good. Hope this helps.
Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Stansifer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 6:14 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Jaws and net books Hi folks, I am considering dumping my old iron horse Dell laptop and antique Packmate for a net-book. I can install either Jaws 9 or 10 latest. The unit would be used primarily for business including a fair amount of wireless connectivity. Software would be pretty much limited to MS-word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel. First of all how feasible is a net-book for a blind user? Does it play well with jaws? What software compatibility issues can I expect? What are the features and benefits? TNX Larry For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4098 (20090522) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
