Re (2): [Oberon] WinAos progress report

[Bob Walkden]

Hi,

> P.S.: A question to the native English. From the past I know 
> "laptop". Now I read more and more "notebook". So what's the 
> bloody difference between laptop and notebook ?
> Or is this just German English ?
> 

a notebook is smaller than a laptop, but not so small that it is a PDA.
However, there is no Academy Dedicated to the Preservation and Correct Use
of English as She is Spoke, so you could probably use the terms
interchangeably without risking your life or freedom.

--
Regards,
 Bob 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch 
> [mailto:oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of 
> edgar at edgarschwarz.de
> Sent: 01 September 2005 09:37
> To: oberon at lists.inf.ethz.ch
> Cc: edgar at edgarschwarz.de
> Subject: Re (2): [Oberon] WinAos progress report
> 
> Peter wrote:
> > You have resigned to using Windows XP?  A few years ago you seemed 
> > staunchly anti-MS or at least anti-DOS
> This is just a first step. The laptop gives me more mobility 
> (WLAN), less noise and less power consumption (A recent 
> measurement showed me that the PCs the boys are using need 
> 250W each :-( ) I'm also still playing a realtime browsergame 
> (spacepioners) so I need a decent browser. I would prefer a 
> LinAos obviously :-) My main Oberon application is mail which 
> is working now with WinAos and finishing WebDAV which I also 
> should be able to do with WinAos.
> But I repartitioned the machine already and it has now some 
> partitions ready for Bluebottle.
> 
> > Did you find a satisfactory video mode for the new laptop?
> Not yet. But I plan to start this venture now after my WinAos 
> mail works.
> And the funny thing is that Norton Antispam checks the mails 
> I download with WinAos and deletes viruses it finds :-) What 
> I'm wondering is where Bluebottle VGA stuff is hidden. My 
> first search didn't show me any files like *VGA*.Mod.
> Or is Bluebottle pure VESA now ?
> 
> Cheers, Edgar
> 
> P.S.: A question to the native English. From the past I know 
> "laptop". Now I read more and more "notebook". So what's the 
> bloody difference between laptop and notebook ?
> Or is this just German English ?
> 
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