I am not going to debate laptops and note takers, but good luck with Dell. They have been having a lot of out of box failures in both desktop and laptops. In fact, I know of a company that recently took delivery of 15 systems and all, but 3 worked. You might be becoming much more familiar with Dell tech support than any Humanware customer will with HW tech support... Maybe, when you explain that you can't get on the Internet because something is not working, they will offer to email you a patch file like they did for my brother...
John D. Panarese Managing Director Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. 9 Nolan Court Hauppauge, NY 11788 Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 Email, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, PREMIER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, PULSEDATA, DUXBURY, DANCING DOTS, ROBOTRON, AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Bucher Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 5:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Braillenote] Top 10 things to do while waiting for your MPower ortransplant We all know how hard it is to wait for that new Latitude D610, so here are the top ten things you can do to help fill the time. 10. Take your cane for a walk again...and again.... and again....and again and relax knowing that you'll soon have a computer for which you can go on even longer walks, especially since you bought those two extra spare removable batteries. 9. Rearrange your office and the rest of your home to best show off your new Latitude D610. 8. Take your mPower to a meeting or class and take notes with it, so you'll always be near that outlet which you are going to need in a few minutes. 7. Learn to sing the Dell song in multiple languages (How do you say "That is what I'd truly like to be" in luthawainian??) 6. Paint a large L on your chest and practice running into rooms saying "I'll soon have a Latitude with Attitude!" 5. Make prank phone calls to Humanware tech support telling them all the things the Latitude can do but the mPower can't. 4. See how many times you can say the word Latitude in everyday conversations 3. Arrange all the stuff you can plug into your new Latitude in a pile, but do it in alphabetical order. Now let's see: A for any programs you already have and use which run under Windows. B for battery. That's right, you can even plug in two so you'll have that spare all ready to go when the first one runs down C for car or airplane adapter. Even if you do manage to run down all your batteries, you can use your air/auto adapter to keep you going even longer, whether in a car or airplane. DVD/CD combo drive. Play all your favorite CDS and DVDs from your internal combo drive. And R for record, since you can record on D Ds or CDs as well. Sorry the R is out of order, but it was just begging to fit right in there. E for Epson Scanner. Plug your Epson or any other USB scanner in to your Latitude and scan while on the go. F for Floppy drive. Use your internal floppy drive in instances where you need to transfer or store small files, or use it with a boot floppy in emergency situations. H for hard drive. Your hard drive is easily removable in case you ever need to replace it. I for internal modem. J for just about anything. For with your Dell Latitude D610, you can do just about anything. You can play all kinds of streaming audio, Play all your favorite MP3 and audible files, record whatever you want using your favorite software whether it be APH Studio Recorder, Goldwave, or Sound Forge, just to name a few. K for keyboard. If you don't like the keyboard, plug in an external one. M for Memory: You can add all the memory you'll ever need and you can even use USB memory drives such as Corsair, Sandisk, or other brands without worrying about compatibility. Same goes for memory cards. P for ports. Check out all these ports! I/O Ports Bullet Serial (DTE): (one) 9-pin connector; 16550-compatible,16-byte buffer Bullet Parallel: (one) 25-hole connector (unidirectional, bidirectional, or ECP) Bullet Video: (one) 15-hole connector and S-video out connector Bullet Infrared: one port compatible with IrDA Standards 1.1 (Fast IR) and 1.0 (Slow IR) Bullet Audio: microphone-in-jack; stereo headphones/speakers jack Bullet 4 USB 2.0 compliant connectors Bullet Docking: 280-pin connector for the Latitude D/Port-Family, Advanced Port Replicator, or D/Dock-Family Expansion station Bullet Modem: RJ-11 port Bullet Ethernet LAN: RJ-45 port 2. You won't have to figure out how much you can afford to bribe the UPS man and Dell tech support to get your unit done and delivered faster, because it comes directly to you from Dell in good ole Texas. Right there, you've just paid for those two spare batteries. And if you ever do need service, you can arrange for it to be repaired right at your location. and the number 1 thing to do while waiting for your new Dell Latitude D610. 1. write an unusual post to the Braille Note list and hope Dean doesn't moderate you. And I've just done what you suggested. Keith ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
