RE: Questions to ask when buying a laptop
- From: Chip Orange <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:13:28 -0500
External number pads are very cheap; if one doesn't work, just return it
and/or buy another. I believe that they usually work.
The advice on video card compatibility I've found to be unhelpful. FS
will often say a certain video card is not compatible, and we've found
in the past many of us on the list are using it quite happily.
FS never seems to be very helpful when it comes to video cards.
More than one person I know solved their jfw video problem by having a
sighted person check in the device manager, under video devices, and
they found multiple video output devices. When they disable all of them
except the primary one, jfw began to work.
This seems to be more of an issue with laptops for some reason.
Hth,
Chip
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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.)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ptusing
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:06 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Questions to ask when buying a laptop
>
> Hi,
> To all and thanks to Chip, but I am finding an issueto
> consider when buying
> a laptop.
> I have looked at a number of laptops.
>
> I am finding from word of mouth that one cannot assume that using an
> external numpad will work with JAWS or with MAGIC.
>
> That is because sighted folks to whom most external numpads
> are sold to not
> use the combination of Insert keys (for JAWS) or the numpad + or -
> combinations (for MAGIC). Hence
> the reliability of numpad usage for our needs is iffy.
>
> Do you know of any numpad that works with Toshiba, or SONY or
> Dell or does one have to buy proprietary external numpads?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:26 PM
> Subject: RE: Questions to ask when buying a laptop
>
>
> > The only one I can think of is what OS it comes with? If it's media
> > edition or professional edition, you'll have to pay for the
> professional
> > edition of JFW (a *completely* unnecessary fee on the part
> of FS, and
> > not one charged by other competators).
> >
> > You may want to insure you buy 1gb of RAM if you're going to use a
> > software speech synthesizer. There's very little else I
> can think of
> > that matters to JFW.
> >
> > 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.)
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian and
> >> Denise Albriton
> >> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 9:57 PM
> >> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Questions to ask when buying a laptop
> >>
> >> What requirements should I ask for in a laptop for jaws to
> >> run properly?
> >> Brian
> >>
> >>
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