[JAWSLite] Re: aws and Laptops

oops and one last item, weight/size, I have a older tank of a laptop, and 
let me tell you, with that thing in its case hanging around my neck, I'm a 
leaning tower of Pizza, smile while my cousin handed me his new lap top, and 
I sat there holding it balanced on my fingertips with no strain what so 
ever, mine was two years old then, so I missed out on the beginning of the 
big push for smaller units, but you don't have to.

laters,
inthane
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tribble" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:00 AM
Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: aws and Laptops


> any laptop I believe -- I have had upwards of 6 laptops over the past 8
> years and all ran jaws just fine.  In fact, I find the laptop keyboard
> configuration of jaws is easier to use than the numpad in many respects. 
> I
> use my laptops with and without an external full sized keyboard, but have
> the jaws laptop keyboard configuration set in the basics menu.  One nice
> thing about using laptop keys in jaws is that you aren't constantly moving
> your hand back and forth to the numpad.
>
> Anyway, as far as what laptops are better, I have had trouble with Dell 
> and
> a consequent disagreement with customer support who sent me back my laptop
> unfixed shortly before my warranty expired, then had the gall to call me 
> up
> and ask if I wanted to pay to extend the warranty. I decided not to use 
> Dell
> after that.
>
> Toshiba has been good, albeit I am having problems finding the drivers for
> my 4 year old toshiba laptop, mainly because they don't post the drivers
> online after 3 years from the time the laptop goes obsolete.  Any ideas
> where I can find a graphics driver are welcome.  Meanwhile I can't use 
> jaws
> on that laptop.
> Other Toshibas have been good. In fact, this is the third.
>
> I have a Lenovo now, which I have really liked, but unfortunately it has 
> one
> idiosyncrasy -- some installation CDs don't read properly in the drive. 
> In
> particular, if there is a lot of data on the CD, it will go into a rapid
> spin and then time out and abort the installation.  There is nothing to do
> but copy the cd on another computer and download it to the laptop and
> install it from the hard disk.
>
> I had an HP, which was a good little box, if it hadn't been that they gave
> me the wrong set of installation CDs with the hardware.  I found this out
> too late trying to repair the OS.  It took weeks with HP and a bunch of
> money to get the right software, including $62 for a driver CD for that
> laptop.  Eventually I gave the laptop to my nephew, who put it in his
> briefcase and set it down near the trunk of his car and forgot about it
> until he accidently drove over it.
>
> Finally I had a Mac, believe it or not.  My nephew wanted that so I sold 
> it
> to him as I wasn't using it.
>
> Hope this helps.  Good luck.  Get what features you like -- which could be
> something as small as keyboard layout, color of light indicators, switches
> and jacks -- I for example, like hardware switches to turn on and off the
> wireless adaptor, and some colors of light are easier to see than others.
> And of course, be sure the specs of the machine are what you want --  
> speed,
> memory, portability.
> Happy shopping.
> --le
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Portia" <pscott1989@xxxxxxx>
> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 5:55 AM
> Subject: [JAWSLite] aws and Laptops
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am planning to get a laptop and use JAWS on it.  What laptop
> would you recommend?
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