[JAWSLite] Re: aws and Laptops

Two quick comments on my Fujitsu.

1. The keyboard is wonderful, there are a few times that I need to use 
modifier keys (home, end, page up and page down), but thats about it and it 
isn't an inconvenience based on the keyboard setup.  Also, the touchpad can 
be enabled and disabled with a function key.

HTH,
Everett



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:46 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=
> 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.)
> =20
>
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