This is probably a great time to buy a laptop with all the Christmas specials coming out on Thanksgiving day. That's how I got my windows HP 64 bit 17.3 inch laptop with 10 hours battery life which in reality gives just about 11 hours on a full charge. I paid $699.99. Granted that was around 4 or 5 years back. I had 1 problem with it. I don't even remember what it was but it was covered. HP kept me informed every step of the way and were very nice to me. When calling me, I said that I was totally blind and couldn't read the information on the bottom of the laptop they wanted, the guy I talked to said you know what, let's just have you send it to us and we'll just go ahead and fix it. As I recall, it took about 10 days and I had it back. I'v not had any other problems sense then. The laptop is not lite weight by any means and came with a DVD CD player recorder and a Blueray player which I'v never used. What would be the point I thought! So, if you wait for the hol iday specials you can get a nice laptop at a great price.
HTH Alan Sent from my iPad Air > On Nov 16, 2015, at 2:36 PM, Don H via Talk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I don't think brand is as important as not buying the cheapest one you find. > In my experience cheaper laptops have cheaper less durable keyboards as well > as poorer quality speakers. Also the hinges for the screen are sometimes > stronger on the more expensive laptops. > >> On 11/16/2015 4:20 PM, gary melconian via Talk wrote: >> Also have the Toshiba satleite pro which is pretty good laptops. Also like >> Dell as well. But I get the signature editions or the small business >> editions which don't have any of that junk ware on bord. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Talk >> [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Evan Reese via Talk >> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 10:29 AM >> To: Matthew Chao <[email protected]>; Window-Eyes Discussion List >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: need laptop suggestions >> >> I got the Dell Inspiron 17R in April 2014, with 8 gigs of RAM and a terabyte >> harddrive. I just had to get the microphone replaced, but it wasn't nearly >> the hassle I thought it would be. Overall, I've been very happy with the two >> Dell laptops I've owned over the last seven years. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Evan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Matthew Chao via Talk >> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 10:51 AM >> To: Jed Barton ; Window-Eyes Discussion List >> Subject: Re: need laptop suggestions >> >> If you can afford it, go for the Dells that are geared toward the business >> environment. the OS is professional grade, as are the components inside >> these machines. The Latitude series is a good place to start. And yes, you >> can permanently disable the trackpad/touchpad. Recommend the 15.5-inch >> screen if you want a numpad.--Matthew Chao >> >> At 10:35 AM 11/16/2015, you wrote: >>> I heard the dell enspiron 15 5000 series is pretty good. Full >>> keyboard, 8 gigs ot ram. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>>> On Nov 16, 2015, at 10:29 AM, Karyn Campbell via Talk >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> With an HP Pavilion, you have to disable the track pad in each >>> session. That >>>> means every time you log on you must disable the track pad as there >>>> is no known way to permanently disable that annoying thing. I think >>>> it has to be done in the properties somewhere. My husband knows how >>>> to do it >>> so he would >>>> have to explain that one. >>>> >>>> I would absolutely stay away from Lenovo. Those are no good IMO as >>>> the F keys across the top perform media functions; not the >>>> traditional functions. >>>> Also to shut Window-Eyes down is a four-key combination of >>>> ctrl-insert-function key-F4. Before someone pipes up about >>>> function-escape to reverse the F keys, I don't know if that is a >>>> permanent fix or >>> a emporary >>>> one. I'm betting it's a temporary one that has to be done every >>>> time you log on to the machine. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> Karyn Campbell, Illinois USA, [email protected] Using WE 9.2 on >>>> HP Pavilion laptop running Windows 8.1 home premium 64-bit with >>>> Office 2013 and IE 11 as well as Acer netbook running Windows 7 home >>>> premium 64-bit with Office 2007 and IE 11 and Microsoft Windows >>>> Defender onAcer netbook as well as Macaffee Live Safe on HP Pavilion. >>>> >>>> Support the Illinois Council of the Blind at our GoFundMe page: >>>> www.gofundme.com/icb2015. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of >>> the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >>>> >>>> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/jedbarton%40gm >> ail.com. >>>> For subscription options, visit >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>>> List archives can be found at >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >>> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >>> >>> For membership options, visit >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/mattchao%40ve >> rizon.net. >>> For subscription options, visit >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>> List archives can be found at >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >> and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/mentat1%40dsle >> xtreme.com. >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >> and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/gmelconian619% >> 40gmail.com. >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >> and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/lmddh50%40comcast.net. >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/alanandsuzanne%40earthlink.net. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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