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| 692822 | 2008-08-09 20:56:00 | As long as you remove Norton, your new laptop will be as good as gold :p (ASUS laptops come with Norton. :yuck:) |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 692823 | 2008-08-09 21:43:00 | Vista isn't that bad actually. Maybe because I am used to using a variety of different desktop environments I'm not too set in my ways on how I like things to look/act. :) The UAC doesn't bother me at all; really can't see why everyone complains about it. I think they have made it easy for Vista newbies to find their way around with clear labels in the control panel for various tasks. The user account folder hierarchy is a wee bit annoying and they have made it difficult for the user to find themselves in the system files; which is probably a good thing. :p Nortons was promptly removed and Avast installed - it talks to you when it updates! :eek: I don't think much of Asus installing LightScribe program stuff when the optical device isn't even LightScribe capable?! :illogical Office 2007 kicks the snot out of OpenOffice when it comes to the more power-user features. Unfortunately the laptop has a faulty DVD drive and thinks it is no longer there partway through using it. Makes it rather difficult to install things or copy data from disks. I tried a live Ubuntu CD and it also locked up after a short time. I haven't had time to return the laptop to have this looked at. Linux hasn't been installed on it yet as I have to get the faulty DVD drive looked at first; and I still can't decide what distro to put on it. :p So, so far so good for Vista. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 692824 | 2008-08-09 22:39:00 | One part of Vista you never hear about, or see much of it is Speech Recognition. I have several customers who have trouble typing because of ether accidents that have damaged their hands, or a medical condition, when they are introduced to Speech Recognition they jump at the chance to learn it. OK it takes a while to learn how to use it, and for the computer to learn how you speak, but once you get the hang of it, you just sit there and tell the PC what to do- generally it works OK. When learning you get to use the voice command " Show Numbers" a LOT. It does have a few problems when you try to get it to type out in a word document certain place names in NZ :lol: It leaves Dragons naturally speaking for dead though. Try it Jen - you need a Microphone of course, in Vista search type in speech--- Not quite star Trek - but it works. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 692825 | 2008-08-10 04:19:00 | nz.youtube.com :p I have used it a little but during training I found it irritating - but yes it does work. I'm not sure how it would go into a work environment - I couldn't imagine everyone talking to their PCs rather than typing... I suppose you couldn't send off-topic emails quite so easily :lol: |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 692826 | 2008-08-10 04:55:00 | Yeah that video was made in the Beta or RC V1 version from memory. I found it a good time waster to Play with - it does take a while to learn how to use it. And yes it even spelt the "F" Word correctly the first time I tried it :lol: I tried using it on PF1 - worked OK, but had to use the voice command " Show Numbers" a lot. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 692827 | 2008-08-10 05:38:00 | One part of Vista you never hear about, or see much of it is Speech Recognition.Hmm ... well I am a 10 finger, touch typist so it will be easier for me to type than dictate. :p I have a microphone hidden somewhere so may give it a whirl to see what it is all about. Posted from my lappy via the new wireless network I've just set up. :punk Unlike a neighbouring network I can see that is unsecured (tsk tsk), I *think* I have this pretty secure. WPA-2 with SSID broadcasting disabled and using MAC filters. Admin name and password changed from default of course! |
Jen (38) | ||
| 692828 | 2008-08-10 10:41:00 | I was being impatient by only waiting 2.5 hours. Told me to leave it at least four hours. lordy ! ridiculous.......just bought me one myself an x50rl (1.73ghz, 1gb [1.5gb now], 160gb hdd) .....not wanting to spend too much it's just a toy for me really I cant even justify it as useful particularly in the tech work I do.......well it will be I guess but I've lived quite well without one for the last 7 years lol. anyway first setup took maybe 20mins max |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 692829 | 2008-08-11 02:46:00 | Yeah that video was made in the Beta or RC V1 version from memory. I found it a good time waster to Play with - it does take a while to learn how to use it. And yes it even spelt the "F" Word correctly the first time I tried it :lol: I tried using it on PF1 - worked OK, but had to use the voice command " Show Numbers" a lot. I tried Speech Recognition at my friend's place (with his sister's pink microphone :D). It started off okay, but was better once I trained it. :clap |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 692830 | 2008-08-11 09:03:00 | The says Mahe dictating my post. I think that next more training. Anywhere in enter an editorial. What is unlikely. But logs selling. U.S. me and a lot of time correcting mistakes. I wonder if the background noise makes a difference. Looks like it does. Memo to self, gentler version of Windows NT edging into word. [translation] This is me dictating my post. I think it needs more training. It worked better in the tutorial. What is a Mahe? This looks silly. You would spend a lot of time correcting mistakes. I wonder if the background noise makes a difference. Looks likes it does. Memo to self, turn television off when dictating into Word. Hmmm ... :stare: |
Jen (38) | ||
| 692831 | 2008-08-11 11:10:00 | I think that next more training I think it needs more training That says it all . Not a five minute task . :) The first time I said Wainuiomata it came back with " why did you matter" :lol: Might try Whakatane next time :xmouth: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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