RE: buying a computer
- From: "Cy" <cselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:34:06 -0600
One more thing about the notebooks and laptops:
Adding memory or disk capacity is sometimes very expensive as compared
to adding the same capability to a desktop. Memory in particular seems
to be considerable more expensive for the laptops and notebooks.
I agree that 1 gig is about what you really need to keep JAWS going and
not a lot of conflict everywhere else.
Cy, the Ancient oKie...
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Dale Leavens
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 2:46 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: buying a computer
This Thinkpad has a gig too and you are correct, sometimes the keyboard
on a
notebook is pretty bad. I find they are quite variable, the Thinkpad I
am
getting very comfortable with, the Acer is very similar to the PacMate
QX
and there is quite a lot about that layout I don't much care for, that
row
of home, page up, page down and end keys and no grouping of the function
keys although on the PacMate they do have some raised bumps to help.
I was pretty convinced I would never get the hang of a notebook keyboard
and
purchased a numeric keypad only to discover it too doesn't behave
exactly as
I had anticipated. Once I decided to bight the bullet and just get used
to
the darn thing I now find myself sometimes a little confused when at a
standard keyboard.
It is wise to consider more than usual RAM in a computer running a
screen
reader if only because it will always be one more running application.
After
that, if you keep a lot of sound, books or, for the sighted in
particular,
movies, then remember that when selecting drive capacity. After that or
I
suppose along with that there are special considerations according to
your
particular usage. Programmers who do a lot of compiling will want better
performance as someone here already mention, running multiple
applications
which are working but most of us, though we may have several documents
open
and maybe a spread sheet and one or two other things open, when they do
not
have focus they are just sitting there waiting for a keystroke and
unless
you are very clever to be able to be cruising the Web, typing a letter
and
calculating spreadsheets while chatting all simultaneously which would
also
include the need to be typing on multiple keyboards, few will worry the
processing capacity of any of the new computers.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cy" <cselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 2:58 PM
Subject: RE: buying a computer
> Dale,
> I think I would tend to agree with you about the laptops except for
> the fact that I find most of their keyboards a real pain. Perhaps it
> is because I am fumble fingered but I really do not like their feel.
> Now, on the other hand, the wireless card is a real nice feature and I
> could use it almost anywhere.
> Also, my current machine has a 1.8 Athlon XP processor but I am
getting
> ready to take over my son's computer. He is in Iraq as a guest of the
> U.S. Army and has procured a laptop for his use.
> His computer is a 3.5 GHZ Athlon 64 bit processor with 1 gig of memory
> and a 250 GB hard drive. Well, so much for being conservative. (LOL)
> Cy, the Ancient Okie...
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> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Dale Leavens
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 11:55 AM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: buying a computer
>
>
> I am really becoming partial to laptop, also known as notebook
> computers. The lower priced ones are very competitive in price too to
> a desktop with
> monitor but it is much smaller and somehow buying, wiring, running a
> monitor
> bothers me. You may need one occasionally for use by sight enabled
> persons
> when jaws goes belly up and when you don't need it the monitor on a
> notebook
> is small and mostly out of the way. The built in mike on both of mine
> appears to be adequate for voice applications like for-the-people and
> Skype.
> Both I have now do everything I have needed and with wireless a lot
> more. I
> bring it along travelling and a small USB powered scanner and I can
read
> in
> a hotel room, do e-mail and have even used Skype from a hotel.
>
> Even the desk top machines these days are getting small because there
> is
>
> little need for additional cards, the machines have most of what
> people need built in and the cheap Acer I bought just before Christmas
> has 5 USB ports
> on it so you can hang just about any custom devices on it if you want,
> say a
> second sound card, printer or pretty well what ever you could think
of.
>
> Like Cy said, processor speed isn't usually much concern and on these
> centrino technology chips many functions are processed simultaneously
> so
>
> processor speed is a less reliable measure of performance.
>
> So, my advice is to consider a portable machine as a good alternative.
> You can take it with you next hurricane.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cy" <cselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 10:33 AM
> Subject: RE: buying a computer
>
>
>> Lou,
>> It all depends on what you do with your computer.
>> For those of us who are blind we just really don't need all that
>> blazing speed because we do not play a lot of virtual reality type
>> games. Most any computer over about 1.5 GHZ processor speed will
>> process Eloquence nicely. Now, this may well sound like herisy but,
>> you just might want to look into a mini Mac because their new Tiger
>> operating system includes a screen reader. Otherwise Consumer Reports
>> gave the E Machine a very good rating. If you wish please contact me
>> privately so James won't have a stroke. cselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Look forward to hearing from you.
>> Cy, the Ancient Okie...
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Louana
>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 6:03 AM
>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: buying a computer
>>
>>
>> Hi all, I am needing to buy a new computer. I would like to get some
>> input from you all on what kinds you are using. I need some specific
>> information on processor speed, hard drive size among other things. I
>> have no idea on what to buy. The one I have is five years old and was
>> in my apartment with water after Katrina for about two weeks before I
>> could get it out and I am afraid it will not last much longer. Thanks
>> for any help you all can give. Lou
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