yes, but thei are not the only who do this. Also acer do this thing with some of their laptops.Also the most encreasingly number of laptops has sata hdds, but they don't offer windows xp in the pakage so you must buy a windows xp separately. But the problem arrises here. The copy of windows xp you've just bought has no integrated the sata drivers for your hdd, so you end up with two posible scenarios:
1. put the hdd in ata compatibility mode (loosing performance) 2. make a copy of your windows and integrate the hdd sata drivers in it. the first is easyer because you must only change one or more bios options. the second is harder because you must use some tools to do it. and for a blind person both are hard to do with out sighted help.so, I prefer to buy a laptop wich comes with windows xp out of the box, or which offer the downgrade to windows xp.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:25 AM Subject: Re: in the market for a new laptop:suggetsions?
hi,i should have mentioned this before, i won't touch a dell because they are so proprietary and who knows what parts are used. except for my hp nx9600 laptop, i build my own towers with only intel boards or msi boards with intel chips, don't mess with amd chips, use kingston, crucial, or patriot ram, western hard drives, and sony or liteon optical drives though i'm not as picky on the dvd drives. I choose good fans and hd coolers, and I'm never forced to take crapware and will only get stuck with vista if it's my choice.Bryan Schulz The BEST Solution www.best-acts.com----- Original Message ----- From: "black ares" <matematicianu2003@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 1:33 PM Subject: Re: in the market for a new laptop:suggetsions?because some time is so hard to modify something... Look for example the del 1525 laptop. it comes with freedos and the manufacturer offers only vista drivers.----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 2:48 AM Subject: Re: in the market for a new laptop:suggetsions?hi, what do most blind people do to navigate life?they find different ways to do something the sighted just look at visually.Don't worry about what brand of computer.compare the specs without thinking of what operating system unless 64 bit is a factor. if you find one you really like but it comes with vista, don't bitch, spend about $65 to get a real copy of windows xp pro.i wouldn't think i had to say this.i don't know why people get hung up on worrying about modifying what they buy.Bryan Schulz The BEST Solution www.best-acts.com----- Original Message ----- From: "James Panes" <jimpanes@xxxxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 4:57 PM Subject: Re: in the market for a new laptop:suggetsions?HI Tyler,If you really insist, you can still get notebook computers with Windows XPPro on them. A decent computer is well within your price range.Acer and a few other companies make computers that will do fine for what youneed.Sorry I can't help more, but the only store I deal with is here in OshawaOntario. Good luck. James jimpanes@xxxxxxxxx jimpanes@xxxxxxxxxxxx "Everything is easy when you know how."----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <BlindGeeks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 1:18 AM Subject: in the market for a new laptop:suggetsions? Hello list, I'm in the market for a new laptop. My max price range is about 1100. I'm not totally sure what I need; ofcourse I'm looking for the best deal, but I also need something that Jawswill work on.From what I've heard, jaws does not work on 64-bit vista; are there stilllaptops shipped with 32 bit, or even better XP? I know a lot of the computer companies started sending everything with vista.I've also seen things like 60 day trials and etc on vista; am I going tohave to purchase a full copy after I get the laptop? Thanks, Tyler Littlefield email: tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx web: tysdomain-com Visit for quality software and web design. skype: st8amnd2005 __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind__________View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind__________View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind__________View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
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