RE: jfw and laptops
Hi. Does the Presareo model 1255 laptop have an ALT and CONTROL key on either side of the space bar? Also, is the INSERT key easily found like on the ThinkPad? Thanks, Vince. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of David Tanner Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 7:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; jfw Subject:Re: jfw and laptops I have long been a Thinkpad fan, and most of their models do work really good with JFW, but I recently purchased a new laptop and ended up purchasing a Compaq Presareo 333 MHZ machine with the AMD K6 3d chip. This is te Presareo model 1255 laptop. It works great with JFW and every other access package that I have thrown at it thus far, and I have almost all of the speech packages, both Ruby and K1000, and Zoomtext level 2 all on it and have no problems with any of them. Price wise the Presareo was $500 cheaper than it would have been to get the same speed system in an IBM Thinkpad, and that unit's processor was an older Pentium 1 technology than the K6 /2 which compairs to the Pentium 2 processor. There is a newer model 1270 that is a 350 mhz model that is just like my 1255 and costs about $400 more, but that was the model that I originally purchased and there were problems with that system not being able to find any memory above 32 meg at that time at the first week of April of this year. If you can find out that that problem has been solved then that would be the model to get since it has a faster processor and is otherwise exactly the same machine as the 1255, and it worked fine with JFW also. At 06:45 PM 5/25/99 -0500, michael malver wrote: >I will be in the market for a laptop soon. I want to know what works well >with jfw. I've heard thinkpads are good, but any other suggestions welcome. > > >- >Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net > > Make a new friend today! - Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net - Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net
Re: jfw and laptops
I have long been a Thinkpad fan, and most of their models do work really good with JFW, but I recently purchased a new laptop and ended up purchasing a Compaq Presareo 333 MHZ machine with the AMD K6 3d chip. This is te Presareo model 1255 laptop. It works great with JFW and every other access package that I have thrown at it thus far, and I have almost all of the speech packages, both Ruby and K1000, and Zoomtext level 2 all on it and have no problems with any of them. Price wise the Presareo was $500 cheaper than it would have been to get the same speed system in an IBM Thinkpad, and that unit's processor was an older Pentium 1 technology than the K6 /2 which compairs to the Pentium 2 processor. There is a newer model 1270 that is a 350 mhz model that is just like my 1255 and costs about $400 more, but that was the model that I originally purchased and there were problems with that system not being able to find any memory above 32 meg at that time at the first week of April of this year. If you can find out that that problem has been solved then that would be the model to get since it has a faster processor and is otherwise exactly the same machine as the 1255, and it worked fine with JFW also. At 06:45 PM 5/25/99 -0500, michael malver wrote: >I will be in the market for a laptop soon. I want to know what works well >with jfw. I've heard thinkpads are good, but any other suggestions welcome. > > >- >Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net > > Make a new friend today! - Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net
RE: jfw and laptops
HI. I like the ThinkPads for the simple reason that their keyboard layout is similar to a full size keyboard without the number pad. Most importantly, there is a Control and Alt key on either side of the space bar. This makes using JFW and Windows keyboard commands easyer than having to deal with only one Control or Alt key. Just my opinion. Vince. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Olga Espinola Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 8:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: jfw and laptops I have a Toshiba 2535 that works very well. I also had a Toshiba 730=Cdt that worked fine, and I know the IBM ThinkPad works well, too. Hope this helps. - Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net - Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net
Re: jfw and laptops
I was told about a Dell Inspiron 3500. I don't ownone, but the personwho programs the jawbone interface to naturallyspeaking usesthis and he says it works, even in labeling sys tray icons. get the model without the DVD drive and make sure it has a neomagic video card. At 07:45 PM 5/25/99 , you wrote: > I will be in the market for a laptop soon. I want to know what works well > with jfw. I've heard thinkpads are good, but any other suggestions welcome. > > > - > Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net -- Damon Fibraio, -- Associate for Technical Support, De Witt and Associates Norma Krajczar Technology, Resource, and Developement Center 130 Livingstone Ave. new Brunswick, NJ 08901 phone: 732-937-6394, fax 732-729-6561 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net
Re: jfw and laptops
I have a Toshiba 2535 that works very well. I also had a Toshiba 730=Cdt that worked fine, and I know the IBM ThinkPad works well, too. Hope this helps. - Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net
Re: jfw and laptops
I use a Compaq laptop and it works great. I have a Compaq pasario 1235. Jimmy ICQ 29966030. Home page http://www.podsim.org Subscribe to blind friends mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: michael malver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: jfw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 6:45 PM Subject: jfw and laptops > I will be in the market for a laptop soon. I want to know what works well > with jfw. I've heard thinkpads are good, but any other suggestions welcome. > > > - > Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net - Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net
Re: JFW and Laptops
That sluggishness may be due to your hard drive(s) needing time to come up to speed. To conserve power, the drive motors get shut down. In my Think Pad BIOS, there are settings that control when the drives are stopped. When my machine's on AC power, the drives are left running. Look for such settings in your Toshiba. -Original Message- only problem >we have ever run into is that it can seem a little sluggish. The places we >have had the most trouble with that are in Windows Explorer and in >WorPerfect products. If anyone has an explanation for that, let me know. - To unsubscribe, see the home page http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~nallan/jfw
Re: JFW and Laptops
Hi everyone: I am using a Toshiba Satelite laptop with JFW and Eliquence. I use it much more than my desktop (which happens to be older). It does have a windows start key. It only has the one alt key but I have not had difficulty adapting to that. I enjoy using it. Most of thw laptops now will come with Windows 98. I am still using Windows 95 on mine but have worked with a couple using Windows 98. The only problem we have ever run into is that it can seem a little sluggish. The places we have had the most trouble with that are in Windows Explorer and in WorPerfect products. If anyone has an explanation for that, let me know. It is also true with Dec Access 32. NLC - To unsubscribe, see the home page http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~nallan/jfw
