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• windows 7 (pic)
  • Their netbooks look kinda fishy to me. (nm) (pic)
    • HUH? (pic)
      • Not fishy. Sculpted, methinks. Perhaps Cast.
        • right over my head (pic)
          • Lame attempt at humor, Rick.
            • XP is a good OS,
              • Nice write-up.
              • Sounds like you need a Mac (heh heh!) (nm)
                • Yeah, I looked it up
        • Yes, but they have those nice sparkly beads on them (nm)
  • caveat emptor
  • I know nothing of Windows 7, but do make sure you get a QWERTY keyboard! (nm)
    • There's any other kind???
      • French keyboard is different, probably German too...all the Romance languages might use similar keyboards, though
        • German is definitely different. Y and Z are reversed for one thing. (nm)
          • and do not forget the Umlaut (nm)
            • I assume they don't have Eszetts? (nm)
      • DVORAK
      • Spanish is quite different
      • I thought sailors were renowned for their colorful language
      • Interesting fact. The American keyboard layout slows you down intentionally
        • True. And the layout of the phone keypad has the same issue
          • I was introduced to the Qwerty Keyboard a long time ago........
            • These days,
              • I don't know that 70 wpm would do me much good -- I can't think that fast! (nm)
                • I had to take typing freshman year in high school..and
  • From a useability point of view, W7 is far better than Vista.
  • rickf - check the keyboard!!! may not be 'qwerty'...
    • so far (pic)