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.

By: medah4rick

medah4rick — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:42:09 +0000

hey andreas that is a nice setup. i also thought u were showing off but that is very practical in school since that bamboo is only $70. i had a real tablet pc that i used in school for a lil while but it was so big and heavy and the battery life sucked. a netbook has superior battery life and cheaper and with the bamboo it makes it a very compelling alternative. good job.

By: Andreas Ødegård

Andreas Ødegård — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:03:07 +0000

Also the reason I have anything to use the tablet with is you (JK), since you recommended OneNote a couple of weeks back. It’s awesome. Also found Journal in windows (7), didnt know that was there but the wacom tablet had a hardware shortcut wired to it

By: Andreas Ødegård

Andreas Ødegård — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:00:42 +0000

I know you have the X200, thats why I posted my “alternative to” a tablet PC – netbook style :D. A real tablet would be nice, a but a netbook+wacom setup is actually quite useable for taking notes in class. Cant afford something as expensive as a real tablet and the netbook tablets suck in spec compared to the EEE 1101HA

By: Buzz Bruggeman

Buzz Bruggeman — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:43:45 +0000

Not desperate, just very good product, and we see netbooks and netbook users as an important market for us.

If you had a product that you had built and believed in what would you do.

Try our stuff and tell me what you think, always interested in both positive and negative feedback.

Buzz

By: niels

niels — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:40:26 +0000

Really Buzz B.? Two self promotions in 10 comments is a little desperate wouldn’t you say?

By: Buzz Bruggeman

Buzz Bruggeman — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:53:24 +0000

My Mini is the HP with the 16 Gig SSD, I just tried it to see what would happen, and it seems to work great, at times even surprisingly fast.

But again, so many variables, e.g. net speed, caching of a web page, and again a shameless plug for our product http://www.activewords.com, it truly makes a Netbook useful!