Re: Labtop
- From: "Alex Midence" <alex.midence@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:59:45 -0500
Oh, man, you name it, I got it. Somehow or another, the keyboard
stopped working properly. It was like it was permanent numlock. Then
application after application went haywire. The thing died way too
quickly no matter how long it was charged. The thing crashed and
crashed and crashed. We finally inflicted it on my wife's
unsuspecting aunt and, I understand, it soon graced a nearby dumpster.
Apparently, she wasn't going to put up with it as long as I was
willing to. Good for her. In short, I'll never buy another presario
if I live to be a million years old.
Alex
On 9/23/08, Chris Hallsworth <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Alex, what problems did you have with Presarios? I had it for under a year
> now with no problems.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex Midence" <alex.midence@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 4:30 PM
> Subject: Re: Labtop
>
>
>>I use a ThinkPad on a daily basis at work and I have found that it is
>> a good computer. I have no complaints on it thus far. (knock on wood)
>> Jaws works just fine with it, no video card conflicts or anything.
>> I'd stay away from Compaq Presarios. Nothing but trouble, in my
>> experience.
>>
>> my two cents,
>> Alex
>>
>> On 9/23/08, Chip Orange <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> it's a line of laptops, which used to be made by IBM, and which have
>>> been sold to the company which was manufacturing them for IBM, lenovo.
>>>
>>> they have a reputation for being of the highest quality and durability,
>>> and being pricey, meant for the business world.
>>>
>>> lenovo has lowered the price, and I don't know about quality changes.
>>>
>>> they had a lot of unusual options back in the days when other laptops
>>> were out only to keep the price down, and so offered few options. I got
>>> my thinkpad for instance with a device bay on each side, and you could
>>> hot-swap various drives and other devices in and out of the bays as
>>> needed. one option I bought was a numeric keypad which popped out from
>>> the right side bay, giving you almost a full-size keyboard. I had
>>> thought at the time it would be important to my use of a screen reader.
>>> I've since learned the laptop layout, of jaws at least, is just as easy
>>> to use as the standard jaws keyboard commands. I could if I like,
>>> remove the keypad and put my floppy drive in that bay, or an additional
>>> hard drive if I had one; they made a lot of accessories.
>>>
>>> If my wife hadn't wanted a white computer, I probably would have bought
>>> a thinkpad, because of their reputation for ruggedness.
>>>
>>> One of my relatives owns a "T" series thinkpad, and it's small and
>>> light, with a nice keyboard, and nothing has broken on it for many
>>> years. it's by far their most popular line of laptops. I believe
>>> office depot carries thinkpads if you want to try and see one hands-on,
>>> but usually they were a mail-order only company.
>>>
>>> hth,
>>>
>>> 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 Randy Campbell
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:56 AM
>>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Re: Labtop
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you for your input. That helps a lot to know and I know
>>> more now than I did. What is a thinkpad? Thanks again and have a great
>>> day. Randy
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Chip Orange <mailto:Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 8:43 AM
>>> Subject: RE: Labtop
>>>
>>> you'll get a lot of opinions, probably all of them right
>>> in some way.
>>>
>>> I just bought a Dell inspiron, one reason is that it has
>>> a relatively full keyboard, which includes alt and control keys on both
>>> sides of the space bar (not a given with laptops), and it has all six
>>> keys of the traditional six-pack grouping (some laptop keyboard require
>>> you to make these keys by pressing a special fn key plus an additional
>>> key; when you're trying to make control-shift-home, and you have to
>>> press fn+ something else to make the home key, this can become a pain).
>>>
>>> try to ask questions about the keyboard, as it will end
>>> up influencing how you feel about your purchase more than say the
>>> processor speed. In this case, the heavier the laptop the likelier you
>>> are to be pleased with the keyboard, as the larger the laptop is likely
>>> to be.
>>>
>>> I bought a 14 inch screen inspiron, that weighs about 15
>>> pounds. I never price shopped, I was interested in many other things
>>> besides price. I simply tried to bring the price down as much as I
>>> could by choosing the cheapest screen size, which is today around 14 or
>>> 15 inches. smaller and larger screens usually cost you more.
>>>
>>> I'd recommend you get built-in bluetooth and wifi, as
>>> these don't work nearly as well if you have to use add-in devices later
>>> on. built-in from the factory means special built-in antennas as well.
>>>
>>> Try to get the cheapest graphics card and sound card you
>>> can; this is usually the one built into the motherboard. I don't
>>> believe you'l benefit from upgrading either, and even the cheapest sound
>>> cards today are multi-channel. If you ever want to do complex audio
>>> things you'll end up doing them at some home desk setup, and it won't be
>>> an inconvenience to buy an external high-quality usb sound card if you
>>> ever needed something better than you got. Complexity when upgrading
>>> the sound card sometimes causes confusion with drivers that have too
>>> many options or features which interfear with speech synthesizers.
>>> still, if sound processing is what you live for, and you know it, go
>>> ahead and get something high-end built-in. Dell offered me a choice of
>>> 3 sound cards, much different in price, but I had no real idea how they
>>> differed in capabilities.
>>>
>>> If your money is tight, you can put off buying things
>>> like a dvd burner til later, they can be moderately expensive.
>>>
>>> the exact model of what I bought is the Dell 1420 if
>>> you're interested. It's available in your choice of colors, including
>>> color matched accessories if you buy any. speaking of accessories,
>>> don't buy a leather case; they're heavier, cost more, and are no more
>>> durable than the regular ones.
>>>
>>> I'm also impressed with thinkpads (now from Lenovo). I
>>> still own one which is 5 years old.
>>>
>>> I am very unimpressed by Sony, and wouldn't recommend
>>> them.
>>>
>>> hth,
>>>
>>> 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 Randy Campbell
>>> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 11:48 PM
>>> To: jfw
>>> Subject: Labtop
>>>
>>>
>>> I am looking to buy a new labtop but I'm not
>>> sure what to buy. Could somebody on this list reccomend what they think
>>> is the best labtops out there. Thank you. Randy
>>>
>>>
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