One more thing Jack, I have a Dell Inspiron and have no issues with it rebooting, except when left on overnight for automatic updates. It is possible to set the automatic updates setting so that it reboots without asking (I do this and set the schedule for 4 am). Perhaps yours was set like this by mistake? 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.) ________________________________ From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jack Chen Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 10:41 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: new recommended laptop Hello all I have a Thinkpad X61 and it does have a Windows key. Unfortunately, Jaws cuts off the beginning of every word when using battery under vista. I have the max battery profile activated. I haven't had time to try another profile or replacing the audio drivers. I previously had a thinkpad X40 running XP, and there were no problems with Jaws 7. Unfortunately, just be prepared to return it if things don't work correctly with Jaws. That being said, I doubt most people have my experience using other laptops. I also have a Dell D620 for work with XP Pro and Jaws 8. It seems to work fine, excluding the fact that the machine reboots with no warning once in a while. I've only experienced this phenomenon with Dell, and that's why I am not a big fan (happens on my Dell desktop as well). jack ----- Original Message ----- From: Allan Wong <mailto:allan.wkf@xxxxxxxxx> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 10:33 AM Subject: Re: new recommended laptop hi, i'm not sure about others model, in Lenovo3000 series, the mouse is a touch pad type of mouse. since i'm not use mouse, i have disable the touch pad. ________________________________ Warmest Regards, Allan Wong <mailto:allan.wkf@xxxxxxxxx> ________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: Adrian Spratt <mailto:A.Spratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 21:09 Subject: Re: new recommended laptop Hi, Allan. What about the joystick device that IBM/Lenovo substitutes for a mouse on its laptops? I find it gets in the way when I try to type "b" and the other keys in that area. ----- Original Message ----- From: Allan Wong hi, IBM Lenovo latest model already come with windows logo key. the minut i'm writing this email, i am using Lenovo3000 series, model Y4000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- Warmest Regards, Allan Wong ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Srinivasu To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 18:48 Subject: RE: new recommended laptop I would say Lenovo, HP or Dell. Only draw back with Lenovo (Not sure for all models of it) that they do not have Windows Logo Key. Regards, Srinivasu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- From: Moti Azrad [mailto:motia@xxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:31 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Jawslite list Subject: new recommended laptop Hi friends, I wish to purchase a good and strong new laptop to start working Vista on it. I'm going at least on 2GB ram, hard-disk 120GB or more, duo core 2 CPU. I saw yesterday Acer, and I wish to ask whether someone here is using this ACER Laptop with Vista and Jaws 9? I'm open listening to another suggestions too that may give me the same results. I heard good things on HP laptops, LG, sonny, Lenovo. Many thanks in advance Moti Moti Azrad Musician & Piano Tuner motia@xxxxxxx motiaz@xxxxxxxxx azrad_moty@xxxxxxxxxxx Israel