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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Julian Hall wrote: > John Hansen wrote: >> Rob, >> >> Our granddaughter is partially sighted so a netbook will not suit her. >> >> I suppose a couple of hundred pounds would seem reasonable. >> >> I would be grateful for further news on the availability a laptop >> in fact I may also want to buy one for myself. >> >> John W >> > > Hi John, > > I see what you're saying about your granddaughter's eyesight, but isn't > that more a GUI issue, e.g. making sure the OS is capable of giving her > a high contrast display and/or large icons than the actual size of the > screen? > > Kind regards, > > Julian > Ubuntu / gnome has several options for high contrast, I am not sure how this then applies to individual applications such as open office. Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Ubuntu 9.10 is out : Visit www.ubuntu.com for details The December meeting of the DCLUG will now take place on the SECOND Saturday in December. This is December 12th 2009. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAksFkXUACgkQaggq1k2FJq3+3ACfQgpCiE+E4dnebk+JEv7ZuT/N bMMAn0vdX57LdSwSI8RjU5dSMikXHW/V =u908 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html