Here are my notes about the Lenovo I bought. Seems the model is the one
piece of
info I don't have, but maybe the notes below will prove helpful. This
laptop gave
me all foreign characters instead of anything expected on the numbers
and symbols
row above qwerty. The only way to type a numbers was to turn numlock
on, type the
number, and change numlock back. Tech support was absolutely no help on
anything.
Also look for the special Lenovo window that is always there when
closing a program
or alt-tabbing. Nobody knows what it's supposed to do, but what is does
is interfere
with just about everything. There seemed to be no way of closing or
deleteing it
either.
What I bought was a Dell Inspiron 15R. The laptop is doing fine, but my
brain is
straining to wrap it around all the changes.
Marilyn
Lenovo laptop from Best Buy
$549 plus tax
60 days to return to Best Buy if I don't like it
1 year warranty from Lenovo
750gb hard drive
6gb RAM
I5 processor
built in camera and microphone
full keyboard
15-inch screen
Windows 7 home premium
I E 9 and Adobi installed
==Keyboard Notes
large Power button at top at left
small button left of that is something to avoid touching
Escape or, with function key, Camera on/off toggle
F1 or, with function key, Sleep Mode
F2 or, with function key, Screen Blanker
F3 or, with function key, Screen Controls like external monitor
F4 or, with function key, Display Resolution (default 1366x768 or 1024x768)
F5 or, with function key, Lenovo Wireless Device on/off toggle
F6 or, with function key, Mouse Pad on/off toggle
F7, has no other function
F8, has no other function
F9 or, with function key, Starts Media Player
F10 or, with function key, Stops Media Player
F11 or, with function key, Fast Rewind Media Player
F12 or, with function key, Fast Forward Media Player
Print Screen or, with function key, System Required
Insert or, with function key, Screen Lock
Delete, has no other function
Home or, with function key, Pause
End has no other function
Page Up has no other function
Page down has no other function
3 touch buttons on top at right, left to right:
Mute
Speaker Down
Speaker Up
Function Left Arrow is Volume Down
Function Right Arrow is Volume Up
Function Up Arrow is Brightness Up
Function Down Arrow is Brightness Down
On 11/21/2012 1:20 PM, Chip Orange wrote:> Hi Marilyn,
>
> I was just about to buy a laptop, and was thinking of a Lenovo. Would you
> happen to remember the model of the one which gave you so much
trouble with
> the keyboard?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chip
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: M and L Dorn [
mailto:[email protected]
]
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 1:31 PM
>> To: GW Info List Post
>> Subject: Changing to Windows 7
>>
>> I started out buying a Lenovo laptop but had a lot of trouble with their
>> having assigned foreign characters to the number keys above the qwerty
>> row of keys. I had the right language selected, but you couldn't
type an
> at
>> sign or other things from there for anything. They also had a Lenovo
>> window that interfered with everything, and their really dumb tech
support
>> couldn't tell me anything about it. It's their product, but they never
> heard of
>> this window, and had no help to offer except to exchange it for another
>> laptop.
>>
>> I did exchange it but for an HP. While this was quite a lot better,
they
> still
>> like to change the typical key assignments. For instance, the F2
did not
> give
>> you the rename function. It still had enough things that were a
pain not
> to
>> keep this one either. I just don't see the point in having to so-called
>> "repair" a brand new computer.
>>
>> That one went back too, and I called to order a laptop. I thought it
> would
>> cost more, but it ended up being $65 less than the HP. This one
does what
>> it's supposed to do. They do have some windows for their own backup and
>> selectable graphics that can be a pain, but these things can be set,
> although
>> by sighted help, or even deleted.
>>
>> My Just Checking program was complaining and, after a short time,
stopped
>> letting me add and save new entries. I tried upgrading to the
latest Just
>> Checking version, but it wouldn't talk, even with reclassing the main
>> window. I went back to version 2.27 and re-installed it so that it
was in
> the
>> root folder of the C drive as recommended by the program author. I'm
told
>> that Windows 7 doesn't particularly like saving program data, like the
>> checkbook files, in the programs folders.
>> Some programs are fine this way so far, though; so maybe it
depends on
>> the program. This solved my Just Checking problem, and it's working
fine
>> now.
>>
>> I've had trouble with Eudora in Windows 7. The read and unread graphics
>> will not speak unless you close WE after opening Eudora and re-opening
>> WE. Then they read fine. However, I'm having trouble getting the
program
>> to get and send mail, particularly the sending of mail. It just sits
> there trying
>> and then times out, over and over, until I've done it enough times to
> finally
>> get the mail to go.
>>
>> I've switched to Thunder bird 16, which is the latest, but am still
having
>> trouble with this too. The mail comes and goes easily; so that's
the big
>> improvement. However, I keep getting a browse window when reading and
>> writing emails even with the use plain text for everything checked.
This
> has
>> made it so that I cannot write email in Thunderbird.
>> If I do control-shift-a to turn off browse mode and start to
write, it
> simply
>> turns back on after accepting maybe one character of typing and gives me
>> the error depending on the characters typed, such as no anchor.
>> I'm writing this in Notepad and then can cut and paste it into
the write
>> window just fine. A nuisance, but that's the best I can do so far.
>>
>> So, in summary, check out what the computer does when typing and that
>> you really get the characters or functions that they ought to perform.
>> Some of your old programs might not work, so be sure you have some
>> alternatives that will be acceptable, or just keep the old computer
to do
>> certain things if need be. My easy CD Creator didn't want to
install, so
> I'm
>> still burning CD's on the old laptop. I know that Windows 7 has a CD
> burning
>> function, but I have yet to find it or learn to use it.
>>
>> If you can afford to, buy yourself a Windows 7 tutorial. It can be
> immensely
>> helpful in getting you to understand the difference in the layout of
Start
>> Menu and so on. I have found it much easier than Start Menu shortcuts,
> like
>> I used to use, just to fill my desktop with the programs I use most and
> assign
>> hot keys to start them. Not only is it easier and quicker to start
them,
> but I
>> like that the hot key and shortcut will run each one maximized. I've
>> assigned the entire alphabet and numerals from 1 thru 9 and 0. Yes, I
> have a
>> lot of stuff, but I don't care if it's full looking. It works. I just
> sort the
>> desktop by name to make them easy to find even if not using a hot key.
>>
>> Hope this is helpful info for you. If anyone has any tips that
might help
> me
>> with the things stated above that I am still having trouble with, please
> send
>> them along.
>>
>> TTFN,
>> Marilyn
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