We have a Acer laptop and it was easy to configure and use and I hadn't used a laptop until last April. Be sure to get the mouse pointer turned off as I had to for the Acer otherwise my palms of my hands kept making the screen change..
----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] New Lap Top >I have used laptops for the past 18 years. I used Toshiba exclusively up > until 18 months ago. Now I am a true believer in Del. There are many > very > knowledgeable people on this list who will be able to direct you to what > to > look out for and what to include. My experience has been be aware of > video > cards. Get as much RAM and hard disk space as you can afford. Buy the > lightest laptop you can afford. Six pounds is not all that heavy until > you > are racing down the street to catch your bus. > > I used to believe that you should go for the top of the line so that you > could count on it for a very long time and not have to worry about getting > JAWS to work on a new computer any sooner then necessary, but I've revised > that line of thinking. In the past 5 years, I've seen very few laptops > last > more then 2 years. > > Good luck! > Annette > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 6:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Blind-Computing] New Lap Top > > Hi > I have been considering buying a new lap top computer so I can be more > portable. However, I would be interested in other peoples experiences with > laptops. I know that I want wireless LAN and that I prefer HP products. On > the other hand I see that it is easy to pay close to a thousand dollars > for > an HP. How to I go about getting a vista system ready for JAWS any way? > All > information is appreciated. > > God bless, > Mark > God loves you! > My ham radio lists. > http://lists.topica.com/lists/funhamradio. > http://groups.google.com/group/funhamradio-list > My personal website > http://funhamradio.bloki.com > MSS and MSP scripting list > http://groups.google.com:80/group/msscripting?hl=en > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following > address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
