John, Looks good. You might want to contact Freedom Scientific to validate the video chipset to see that it has no known issues with JAWS. Not likely, but good to be sure. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: John Fioravanti To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:58 PM Subject: Re: opening links from e mail Laptop with vista Wonding if any of you vista experts can give me an opinion on this laptop and whether you think it will do the job. Mostly I'm using it for my law practice, drafting pleadings and for online legal research. M-6816 Notebook Specifications Part Number: 1014558RGateway M-6816 Notebook Feature Description Processor Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology Intel® CoreT 2 Duo processor T5250 1.5 GHz | 2 MB L2 cache | 667 MHz FSB Chipset Intel® GM965 Display panel 15.4-inch UltrabrightT WXGA TFT display (1280 × 800) Memory 2048 MB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2 × 1024) Total slots: 2 DDR2 slots | Available slots: 0 DDR2 slots Video controller Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 Up to 384 MB of Dynamic Video Memory Webcam 1.3 Megapixel Fingerprint reader No Audio High definition audio - 2 channel Hard drive 160 GB 5400 RPM SATA hard drive Optical drive 8X Multi-Format Dual Layer DVDRW with DVD-RAM Write maximum: 8X DVD +/-R, 6X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 2X DVD-R DL, 2.4X DVD+R DL, 5X DVD-RAM, 24X CD-R and 16X CD-RW discs Read maximum: 8X DVD-R/RW/ROM, 4X DVD+/-R DL, 5X DVD-RAM, 24X CD-R/RW/ROM discs Modem Integrated V.92 56K modem Network 10/100 Ethernet LAN 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Memory card reader 5-in-1 a.. Memory Stick® b.. Memory Stick Pro® c.. Multimedia CardT d.. Secure DigitalT e.. XD MiniSD and RS-MMC (when used with adapter that is supplied with card) I/O ports a.. Three - USB 2.0 ports b.. One - VGA port c.. RJ-11 port d.. RJ-45 port e.. Headphone jack f.. Microphone jack g.. One - Lock slot h.. Power input Pointing device Touchpad with vertical scroll zone Expansion slot Expresscard® Type 54 Battery 6-cell Lithium-ion Dimensions 1 to 1.50-inches (H) × 14.00-inches (W) × 10-inches (D) 25 to 38.10 mm (H) × 355.60 mm (W) × 254.00 mm (D) Weight 6.29 pounds 2.85 kilograms ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks. John Fioravanti