Weird, as I have had no issues with AMD's and actually prefer them.
Robin East
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From: [email protected]
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Sent: May 24, 2011 10:40 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] specs for new computer
Hi,
I had a lot of AMD's and I will not by them again.
If you can, go with an intel core I3, I5, or above or if you want
something a little bit older, go with the Core2 Dual.
Adi.
On 5/25/11, Susan wojtecki <[email protected]> wrote:
> John,
> I currently have an AMD processor on a system running XP and have
> generally not experienced that problem. I think I have seen it
> discussed in the past, though, and can understand how loss of data
like that can be frustrating.
> I'm not disagreeing with your experience but don't know whether there
> is something about the processor's buffering itself that contributes
> to this or whether it is a function of multitasking. It would be
> helpful if you could direct me to whatever you've researched because
> presumably others have noted this as well. I'd appreciate if others
> could also weigh in on this, especially if they have had the same
> experience. (As a rule I do try to save every thirty pages or so when
> doing a large scanning project as advised, but of course it is easy to
> forget.) it might be interesting if OpenBook and/or Kurzweil could
> incorporate some kind of automatic save feature as with word
> processors, but I have no idea how or whether this is feasible from a
> programming standpoint. I had assumed that Athelon and Intel
> processors were relatively interchangeable once you account for the
speed, so this is all kind of new to me. Many thanks.
>
> Susan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Justice" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 1:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] specs for new computer
>
>
>> Susan, I see one glaring problem with your proposed system.
>> I have an HP off the shelf computer with an AMD processor and I'm
>> having a lot of trouble with it. Perhaps, with your son building the
>> machine, some of this might not happen but my research indicates that
>> the problem is with the AMD processor, not anything else.
>>
>> When using Open Book, apparently, AMD has some kind of memory buffer
>> and that limits the amount of unsaved data you can work with. As a
>> result, you can lose an entire scanned document if you don't save
>> after every few pages.
>> Open Book is a real memory hog at the best of times and normally, I
>> don't care about that. But I did lose a 50 page document because I
>> was using fast scan and didn't save regularly. .
>>
>> For me, and I have nothing against the company itself, I would never
>> own another computer with an AMD processor because of its unique
properties.
>> I
>> would strongly recommend that you have your system built with an
>> Intel processor rather than one driven by AMD.
>> Normally, sighted people don't use programs which eat up memory like
>> some of our adaptive systems do. Even their game software doesn't
>> burn as much memory. After a given amount of info ends up on that
>> buffer, AMD will shut down the software. That has happened to me
>> with both Open Book and another program I use regularly. I am not
>> sure why this should be so. I can only tell you that it is annoying
>> and devastating at times.
>> If you have the choice, in my opinion, I would spend the extra money
>> and make the mother board one based on Intel.
>>
>>
>>
>> John and Linda Justice
>> With guide dogs Jake and Zachary
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Susan
>> wojtecki
>> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:01 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [Blind-Computing] specs for new computer
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>> I am planning to purchase a new desktop PC. Besides email and word
>> processing, I will be using it for scanning and reading with
>> OpenBook, streaming and recording primarily with Replay-AV, and
>> possibly Skype. My son will be putting the system together for me and
>> these are the specs he is considering. (I think all are currently in
>> stock except for the
>> motherboard.) I would appreciate any expertise on this.
>>
>>
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>> Also, can someone remind me of the sequence to follow when installing
>> the scanner and OB. I know this should be a no brainer, but I did it
>> wrong my first time out with OB and crashed my whole system, much to
>> the thinly veiled amusement of the FS tech with whom i later spoke.
>> (In all fairness, he was very polite and didn't call me the idiot i
>> probably was, but his reaction suggested that I wasn't the first
>> person on the planet to mess it
>> up.) I assume the steps are drivers/software first, connect the
>> scanner, then install Openbook? I am migrating from XP to Windows 7
>> and jumping from JAWS 8 to 12, so any other advice is welcome. Tia.
>>
>> Susan
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