[JAWSLite] Re: aws and Laptops

a note on your last comment, I have a USB port wireless mouse, when I plug 
it in the touchpad is automatically turned off until the mouse is removed.

I can't stand laptop keyboards myself, and use my wireless units, keyboard 
for me, and mouse for my friends when they wish or need to look at 
something.

take care,
inthane
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Moore" <donmoore48@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:33 PM
Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: aws and Laptops


> I'm thinking about getting a desktop replacement from Dell.  My =
> understanding is that you don't need to learn a new keyboard or worry =
> about memory.  They do seem pretty upgradeable.
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 2:46 PM
> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: aws and Laptops
>
>
> While you've seen a lot of anicdotal stories like "I once owned a X and
> it gave me trouble", I don't think those are very useful.  The more
> general advice is better, and going to a news group such as
> comp.sys.laptops and asking them about brands known for quality is even
> better.
>
> I did and found that Thinkpads (aka Lenovo) were generally regarded by
> those folks as the most well constructed, and often the most expensive.
>
> I've owned a thinkpad laptop for 5 years and am still using it, and
> along with a new Dell.  The advice about laptops not being upgradable=3D
> is
> largely not correct (I've upgraded the wifi card and the memory on the
> thinkpad, and am thinking of upgrading the hard drive).  Any device you
> forgot to buy can at least be purchased as a USB external, and if you
> think ahead and buy a laptop with a card slot, then you can buy many
> add-on devices in a pc-card form (I added a SD card reader to my
> thinkpad that way).
>
> Someone suggested the keyboard is the most important issue, and other
> than reliability, I have to agree with them; that's why I would not
> recommend the ultra-light-weight laptops as someone else did.  The keys
> are often small and crammed together on those, and many important keys
> are missing, making you press multiple keys together to get the
> functionality of the missing keys.  These laptops are usually in the 3
> pound weight category, and command a price premium as well.
>
> The moderate weight laptops, say around 5 pounds, often have much better
> keyboards.  One annoyance however is that many have a touchpad for mouse
> control, and I find myself constantly brushing it and causing the mouse
> to move to another place on the screen, without my knowledge, and my
> typing then is lost or disturbs some other application.  The reason I
> mention it is that the thinkpads used to offer versions with only mouse
> pointing sticks (no touchpads to worry about).  (Yes, I know before you
> write it Inthane that you can disable the touchpad, but then a sighted
> person cannot use the laptop and cannot help you out of a jam).
>
> hth,
>
> Chip
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Chip Orange
> Database Administrator
> Florida Public Service Commission
>
> Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> (850) 413-6314
>
> (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
> necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)
> =3D20
>
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