[access-uk] Re: Buying new laptop help please
- From: orhan deniz <orhan.deniz63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Jackie Cairns <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:05:40 +0000
Hi,
You could use bluetooth as well.
Best regards,
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On 21/12/2008, at 12:10 PM, Jackie Cairns wrote:
Hi Catherine
You may well find it extremely difficult to get hold of something now
with a serial port on it, I haven't seen one for donkeys ages. You
might get round this by using a serial to USB adapter for something like
a Braille display though. And if you want to attach a mouse or an
external keyboard, then the USB again comes into play.
Jackie Cairns
Braille Support Adviser
Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sight and Sound Technology
Welton House North Wing
Summerhouse Road
Moulton Park
Northampton
NN3 6WD
Tel: 01604 798024
Fax: 01604 798090
Web: www.sightandsound.co.uk
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Sent: 21 December 2008 07:37
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Buying new laptop help please
Hi,
Thanks, I'll look into the possibility of a netbook too. I forgot to
say--another important thing to me is, ideally to have a ps2 slot and
serial port which I guess will narrow down what I can buy quite a lot.
Regarding fixing my current laptop, well I don't know what caused the
problem but it says a certain file is missing or corrupt and windows
needs repairing; I don't understand how to use the repair part of the
windows CD because when I try and use it it gives instructions on how to
exit the repair console but according to the person reading for me it
doesn't say how to continue with it. If I try to reinstal windows it
gets to the point where it lists the drives, but the list is full of
things saying "unknown, there is no disk". Sometimes it also interrupts
the process with a "fatal error" type mdssage, windows has shut down to
protect my system or somesuch. I have antivirus and antispyware
solutions installed. This happened last time and I got it fixed but it
cost me and the guy never told me what the problem actually was. So I
don't know what the pqoblem is but I've had enough; I can't keep
throwing money at it and it's time to start afresh with a new system.
Catherine
On 12/20/08, Eleanor Burke <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Excellent advice given there Peter.
> Eleanor
> E
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter" <peterholdstock@xxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 6:36 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Buying new laptop help please
>> Hi, I use Vista and love it. There is still some old hardware that
>> isn't supported by Vista, but not sure about your hardware. However I
>> would have
>> thought anything less than two or three years old would work with it,
>> but can't be sure.
>> Your talking of buying a new laptop because of the probelms with your
>> old one. However I would try and find out whether it is a hardware or
>> software
>> issue as it may be something easy enough to fix if it's software, and
>> save
>> you having to buy a new one. There is little point in buying a new
>> one and
>> putting exactly the same software on it, and going to the same sites,
>> and for example getting a virus and ending up where you are now.
>> What went wrong with your current PC?
>> If your going to buy a new one, a netbook is currently looking like a
>> good
>> option instead of a laptop. They are laptops but much smaller, and
>> the specification at the moment don't vary a great deal between man
>> ufacturers
>> , other than storage. Some have hard drives, others have flash drives
>> with
>> only something like6GB of storage. However this is fine as with a
>> netbook the intention would be to store data on external storage. You
>> can get them
>> with large hard drives though, such as the Samsung NC10 which has
>> been talked about on the email lists a bit lately. You can get that
>> with 2GB of
>> RAM and a 160 GB hard drive.
>> Hope that helps.
>> Peter
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "catherine turner" <catherineturner2007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 5:51 PM
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [access-uk] Buying new laptop help please
>>> Hi,
>>> My laptop has been struck down with some mysterious corruption or
>>> who knows what problem for the second time in less than a year and
>>> so I've decided it's time to buy a new one. I wonder if people
>>> could help me with a few questions. I'm on my Braillenote with
>>> dialup at the moment so
>>> can't do much research, but I can use e-mail.
>>> Firstly, is it still possible to buy anything with Windows XP on it
>>> and is there any logical reason why I would want to? Are there
>>> hardware compatibility issues with Vista? I have an Epson
>>> Perfection 1650 scanner
>>> and an HP Deskjet 460 printer and would really rather not have to
>>> buy new
>>> ones. I assume only JAWS Pro will work on Vista? I'm pretty sure I
>>> have
>>> JAWS pro and not the other one but how can I find out? It doesn't
>>> say in braille on the CD case--will it say in print? And if it's not
>>> the professional edition how much is buying the professional edition
>>> going to
>>> set me back? Can MS Office 2003 be installed on Vista? I also use
>>> Replay AV recording software. If anyone here uses it do you know if
>>> they
>>> have a version for Vista?
>>> Does anyone recommend any particular makes or models? And if so
why?
>>> Regarding shops, I know people hate PC world and I certainly don't
>>> rate them myself. But I need to get a new laptop ASAP and there's a
>>> PC World in my town with long opening hours. If I know exactly what
>>> I want to buy
>>> before I go in there is there any reason to avoid PC World? Do
>>> people recommend any other particular shops which have stores
>>> nationwide (if you're feeling particularly kind you could tell me
>>> whether they have a shop near Colchester, Chelmsford, Ipswich or
Norwich).
>>> anything people think I need to think about I haven't already
mentioned?
>>> I plan to use the computer for average wordprocessing, spreadsheets,
>>> browsing, k1000 and a bit of stream capturing and sound editing.
>>> Thanks for any help you can give,
>>> Catherine
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