Jackie - Can you give me the actual model of your HP so I can track it
down
and take a look please?
What is HD/Blue-Ray, and at the risk of sounding thick, what actually is
firewire, see, I get confused with all the jargon, such as what is the
difference between wi fi and wireless, aren't they the same? -
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:49 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Laptops
| Hi Andy
|
| It depends on what you want to pay and whether you want something
| lightweight to carry around, or lugable.
|
| Personally - and I've said this several times since I've had it - I like
my
| HP laptop that I've had for six months. It isn't the lightest
contraption
| in the world, but it has a 320GB hard drive, 2GB RAM, 256MB graphics
(not
| shared), built-in Bluetooth, webcam, wireless networking, HD/Blue-Ray
| compatible drive, three USB, one firewire, ethernet, Vista Home Premium
...
| all the normal things nowadays really. My favourite feature is the
almost
| full-size keyboard with numeric keypad which I find very useful to be
| honest. There are also two headphone sockets and a microphone socket on
the
| front. The only thing it doesn't have is a line-in but I use my other
| machine for stuff like that if need be.
|
| I'm sure others will recommend machines they use, or have used, so I
guess
| you'll have plenty to choose from.
|
| As for where to buy, it depends if you like getting stuff off the
Internet
| or in the High Street. I don't have a preference really. I got my HP
from
| Comet where I ordered it over the phone, but that was because I liked
the
| spec of the machine more than where it actually came from.
|
| Happy hunting.
|
| Jackie
|
| Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
| Skype Name: Cairnsplace
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:32 PM
| Subject: [access-uk] Laptops
|
|
| > Hi all
| >
| > Well, I've been considering a laptop for a while now, and given all
the
PC
| > probs I've been having lately, now might be the time to take the
plunge,
| > and
| > I'll at least have a working machine if this one dies or needs serious
| > surgery <smile>
| >
| > So, here's the big question! What from experience would people
recommend,
| > as
| > a place to buy, a make of laptop, preferences for laptops over
notebooks
| > and
| > so on. My screen reader will still be JFW, and I guess I might as well
go
| > with Vista too! But I really do need advice with this; I just looked
at
| > Sight&Sound [just for a laugh really as I knew the prices would be
over
| > the
| > top] and they have laptops for £1100! And although that comes with
Vista,
| > it
| > doesn't come with JAWS! How can they justify that kind of pricing I
| > wonder;
| > if they were more reasonable, I might buy from them again, but that
said
| > my
| > first experience wasn't great with the preinstalled software, but
that's
a
| > long time ago now. It really would be great to have a competitive
retailer
| > that understands the screen reader market, but anyway, back to my
point,
| > what do others recommend please -
| >
| > Andy
| >
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