Hi Eleanor Ok yes I could buy one from say dolphin but as you rightly said they are much more expensive. The one I am using came from laptops direct and luckily they will ship to France for an extra £29 but I also want to get the best package for the money. I am inclined to Waite until just after Christmas when they will be bringing out new models. I could of course buy one in France but I will get a french keyboard and that is very different to the qwerty keyboard. Of course you have to shop around. Thanks for asking your friend, there must be other companies who will ship overseas. Adrien Regards Adrien You can get me off list at: adriencollins22160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx or adriencollins06@xxxxxxx or adrien_collins@xxxxxxxxxxx I support cobweb, why don't you? Cobweb is a charity which provides support for sick and disabled children and their families. To find out more or to make a donation go to: www.cobwebfoundation.org Speakon is a free fully self-voicing accessible multimedia program for the visually impaired, find out more by downloading the software from: http://www.a-technic.net/speakon.htm You can join the speakon user group by sending a blank e-mail to: speakon-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:19 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Security packages for xp and vista Adrien Could you not buy then from a company that supplies accessible software to visually impaired people. Maybe these companies would ship laptop to France and maybe they would even do XP Pro. I have a few companies in mind but I guess you know them as well as I do. I realize they are sometimes much more expensive but you need to weigh up the cost if one of these companies can do it for you and ship it. I will ask a friend of mine to ask her brother who is blind and working in Brussels where he got his laptop from and get back to you off list if she can get me the information. Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrien Collins" <adriencollins22160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 3:10 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Security packages for xp and vista > Hi Eleanor > > Thanks for your thoughts, I looked at the website you gave > me, they have some very good offers, mostly vista > unfortunately. It's just unfortunate that xp is still > available but at a much higher price. I was offered a > package with vista down gradable to xp but the company won't > ship to France which for me is a bit of a problem. I could > get it shipped to a uk address no problem but it's getting > the laptop shipped over here. This could work out very > expensive. > > I use hal and unfortunately avg is not very accessible. I am > looking at single programs, I'll see how it goes. I have no > vision apart from light and dark so I can't see the screen > at all. > > > Regards > > Adrien > > You can get me off list at: > adriencollins22160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > or > adriencollins06@xxxxxxx > or > adrien_collins@xxxxxxxxxxx > > I support cobweb, why don't you? > Cobweb is a charity which provides support for sick and > disabled children and their families. > To find out more or to make a donation go to: > www.cobwebfoundation.org > > Speakon is a free fully self-voicing accessible multimedia > program for > the visually impaired, find out more by downloading the > software from: > http://www.a-technic.net/speakon.htm > You can join the speakon user group by sending a blank > e-mail to: > speakon-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 10:57 AM > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Security packages for xp and vista > > Adrien > I bought a new laptop recently and do not like Vista. I > bought from a > company on-line and bought a Hp for just over £500.00. It > had Windows Vista > but came with a downgrade CD to XP Pro. I am very pleased > with the laptop. > Only thing is you have to do the whole thing from scratch so > to speak if you > install XP Pro. I use AVG 8.0 Free but then I have some > vision and no > problem. I think Jaws was to make AVG 8.0 Free accessible > but I am not a > Jaws user. I know a lot of visually impaired people who use > Avast once it > is configured to be fairly accessible. > > Eleanor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adrien Collins" <adriencollins22160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "'access uk'" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:51 AM > Subject: [access-uk] Security packages for xp and vista > > >> Hi >> >> I am hoping to purchase a new laptop in the new year. I am >> almost certain that it will be vista and probably either >> toshiba Samsung or perhaps one or two other models which I >> am interested in. I have never used vista before, is it > easy >> to use? >> >> At present I use pc tools internet security package but I >> would like to come away from all in one packages. I am >> seriously considering super antispyware, komodo firewall > and >> perhaps avast. What other free anti-virus packages are > there >> out there apart from avg? I have used this in the past and >> now I believe version 8 is not very accessible. Would > these >> three packages be sufficient to protect my system? I am >> considering removing pc tools from my machine, how easy is >> it to set up and register these packages, I believe avast > is >> a bit tricky? 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