Re: in the market for a new laptop:suggetsions?
- From: "ridge007@xxxxxxxxxxx" <Ridge007@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 11:06:38 -0500
Tyler,
what are the specs on the box for $500? Is this from a commercial company or
an individual?
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: in the market for a new laptop:suggetsions?
hmm. I've been worried about vista. I just found a system that looks awesome
for $500, and it has 4 gb of ram. Will the other 2 gb be able to be used if
I say run linux under vmware or something?
Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
email: tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
web: tysdomain-com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hunt" <huntp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: in the market for a new laptop:suggetsions?
> Hi,
>
> If I were you my main concern would be finding a laptop downgradable to
> XP. I doubt you'll find one these days that comes with it pre-installed
> though - Vista is ubiquitous now and it's a right pain in the ass.
>
> I've bought two new machines in the past 12 months - an HP laptop and an
> HP desktop and they both came with Vista Home Premium and the quality of
> JAWS's support for it is well below that of XP. Even simple tasks like
> reading back and forth through text files (regardless of the editor being
> used) causes problems such as the previous line being read instead of the
> next one when you down-arrow and then repeated "blank" being spoken when
> you arrow back upwards until you refresh the screen. Also the command
> prompt isn't read properly under Vista - as soon as the window starts to
> scroll JAWS starts reading random lines from the window under the command
> prompt! It doesn't read some of the dialogues in VS 2005 that it does
> under XP either. These are just a few examples.
>
> I've just bought a new laptop and my main priority was making sure it
> supported XP.
>
> AMD processors are just as good as Intel ones and they generally have
> slower clock speeds but are more efficient so compare favorably with Intel
> chips that are clocked quicker.
>
> Paul
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 2:35 PM
> Subject: Re: in the market for a new laptop:suggetsions?
>
>
>> that answers a lot.
>> I've seen amd processors out there, and hear they're really good; their
>> speed calculations look different from pentium though. How is that
>> measured?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tyler Littlefield
>> email: tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> web: tysdomain-com
>> Visit for quality software and web design.
>> skype: st8amnd2005
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Nimer" <nimerjaber1@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 7:26 AM
>> Subject: Re: in the market for a new laptop:suggetsions?
>>
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> your operating system is not a trial!!!!! If you want XP, you're going
>>> to have to request it from the manufacturers. I would go for a 64-bit
>>> machine with a 32-bit OS personally. At least 2 gigs of ram, but I would
>>> up it. As big a hard drive you can get, at least a core 2 duo or an AMD
>>> x2 processor, at least 256 MB video card dedicated memory.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Nimer J
>>>
>>> Nimer M. Jaber
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>>> Tyler Littlefield wrote:
>>>> 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; of
>>>> course I'm looking for the best deal, but I also need something that
>>>> Jaws will work on.
>>>> From what I've heard, jaws does not work on 64-bit vista; are there
>>>> still laptops 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
>>>> to have 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
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