I'm not sure the brand is as important as is the keyboard. I think most brands today that don't mess up Windows and make it somehow proprietary are likely to be fine, and I don't think there is all that much customization of the operating system these days. I've used Lenovo laptops since Lenovo took over from IBM. I used IBM before that. I tried, and dumped, Toshiba. I'm glad to see others have had success with HP. I didn't, but that was before 1996. I've stuck with Lenovo both because that's my firm's standard and because the machines work well with JAWS. Watch out for the keyboard. My Lenovo Yoga, an ultrabook, not a laptop, has the best keyboard I've ever used on a portable computer, except for one thing. I cannot configure it to have an applications key and two JAWS keys. I have another Lenovo that doesn't have an Applications key (and cannot be configured to have one), but it has two JAWS keys. I use shift F-10 instead of the Applications key. It works, but is nowhere as handy as is the applications key. So, ideally, you should have an insert key, a capslock key, and an applications key. If the laptop doesn't have, or cannot be configured to have, these keys, I'd keep looking.
-----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stan Bobbitt via Jfw Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2014 12:42 AM To: Melissa Stott; The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: About Buying a new laptop which works well with Jaws I've been using nothing but HP since 1999 and JAWS since 1998. My current laptop is HP as well. I've had to stop some of the automatic HP programs as someone else posted, but that's about it. Everything works fine. Stan -----Original Message----- From: Melissa Stott via Jfw Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 8:00 PM To: Lisa-Maree ; The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: About Buying a new laptop which works well with Jaws I have HP Desktop, and works like a charm. I'm using Windows 7. -----Original Message----- From: Lisa-Maree via Jfw Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 7:55 PM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Subject: RE: About Buying a new laptop which works well with Jaws Hi, I've got an Hp laptop, and windows 7, with jaws 15. It works fine. I have stopped some of the automatic HP programs which ocme with it from starting, but that's really all you have to do if you have any conflicts. Acer is another one where their programs can cause conflicts with Jaws, but when I upgraded a laptop for a friend, I found turning off some processes from starting worked fine. Asus ones will work straight off. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt via Jfw Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 6:39 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: RE: About Buying a new laptop which works well with Jaws Kadia, Freedom Scientific won't state which hardware works best with JAWS. Based on comments I've read on this list, I'd steer clear of Hewlett-Packard laptops because they don't seem to. You'll want to pack in as much RAM as the laptop can support. Can I suggest that you're more likely to get a wide range of extremely useful advice if you steer clear of politics? People on this list don't seem to take kindly to non-tech opinions. We're here to help and be helped, not to argue. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kadia Hajaj via Jfw Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 3:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: About Buying a new laptop which works well with Jaws Hello, My name is Kadia, an israeli blind woman, strongly opposed to the israeli murderous regime . My question is regarding buying a new laptop. How do you decide which model to buy? Do you get any specific recommendations from your Jaws dealers? if so, what models, system requirements are you guided to buy? If you wish to contact me directly, you can email to [email protected] Thanks for your advice, Regards, Kadia _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
