Last June, I got the Toshiba Protégé 830 Ultrabook. In addition to thinner and the reduced weight from a regular laptop, there are other advantages. It has a solid state drive rather than the traditional hard drives. SSD is quite a bit faster and it is very obvious on start up time, especially starting up after the lid is opened. And battery life is better than any laptop I ever owned. The marketing material tell you about 8 hours. It is not that much but I can get 4 or 5 hours of use no problem. Usually I just charge at night.
I chose this particular model because of the keyboard. The arrow keys, Home, End, Page up/down all work without the need for the FN modifier key. It is very comfortable and unlike the netbooks, the spacing of keys is the same as a normal keyboard. Netbooks were about 15% smaller which made it difficult for me to switch back and forth with my other computer. Hope this helps, Eric -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Hill Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 8:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Will jfw work on an ultra book? All an ultrabook is is a thin and light notebook with a bigger sticker price. If you really want to pay extra for thin and light, go for it; there shouldn't be any problem. On 11/21/2012 20:12, Siobhan wrote: > Hi all. i'm just curious if jaws will work on an ultra book. I have no idea > what i'm signing myself up for, but if someone can tell me how it handles, i > would appreciate it. i haven't got my heart set on that, so i was just asking > in case i bought something, and it was a problem. Thanks for any help. have a > wonderful Thanksgiving to those who are celebrating it. > Siobhan > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
