Comments on: Coffee Break — Netbooking with Windows 7

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:43:04 +0000

> Phraseexpress does one thing, e.g. text substitution

One thing? Mmmh…

PhraseExpress includes a Clipboard Manager, a Program Launcher, a Macro Language to automate daily tasks but indeed, its core function is text substitution.

Video demo:
http://demo.phraseexpress.com

> I think we do it better

I do not think so:
http://www.phraseexpress.com/features.htm

;-)

Here are some nice videos to show what can be done with PhraseExpress: http://www.text-expander.com

Users really should try out on their own:
http://download.phraseexpress.com

Michael
PhraseExpress Team

By: Buzz Bruggeman

Buzz Bruggeman — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:41:19 +0000

Phraseexpress does one thing, e.g. text substitution, we do 7, no comparison as to power, and I think we do it better, but try and tell how you compare the two ideas. Last I looked ActiveWords takes about 8 megs of ram and 8 megs of hard drive space, hardly a significant footprint.

By: Henry Willkens

Henry Willkens — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:05:32 +0000

@Niels: I agree on Buzz that text input helper programs are a great help.

However, I found that Activeword’s footprint is not so small compared to nice freeware alternatives such as AutoKey or PhraseExpress.

I recommend phraseexpress.com because it has a integrated clipboard manager.

Henry

By: Buzz Bruggeman

Buzz Bruggeman — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:12:30 +0000

i have allocated 4 GB of an 8 GB card, and it’s working fine too. If there are benchmarking tools out there to compare with/without the SD Ram, I would be happy to test and report back, but no reason not to try it from my perspective. SD Ram is dirt cheap.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:11:10 +0000

I am using a dedicated 4 GB SD card on the Mini and it’s working fine.

By: Lorie Ghamy

Lorie Ghamy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:33:22 +0000

Hello,

With 2 Go of RAM, is One Go of ReadyBoost space on a SD card a real bonus ?

By: bluespapa

bluespapa — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:01:42 +0000

I haven’t tried the Arc, but the Belkin bt is a killer mouse.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:18:29 +0000

I bring the Arc with me rather than a Bluetooth portable. It’s a better mouse.

By: bluespapa

bluespapa — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:23:15 +0000

Buzz hasn’t been spamming this or other tech websites, which I know he has to follow, and I’d be surprised if his comments are unwelcome here.

ReadyBoost on Vista isn’t a joke, but it’s also not a cure-all for not having enough power or RAM. I’ve seen good results on Vista. A system with the thinnest choices of power probably would benefit from using ReadyBoost, though the trade-off is limitations on using an SD would be not having access to as much storage.

ActiveWords seems like a natural on netbooks, as it has a remarkably small footprint and powerful features. It can be set to run invisibly, and with the free downloads, work a host of minor miracles without one even learning how to take advantage of its more powerful features.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:35:50 +0000

what do you think of the Arc mouse? If there was a Bluetooth version, I’d probably pick one up.