[blindlaw] laptop for the bar

[John Sheehan]

At the recent NB convention, there was a lot of talk about Jaws - the consensus was XP or WIndows 7, which was getting very good reviews. If you can avoid Vista, for a whole host of reasons of which Jaws compatibility is only one, most folk I know would say avoid it and either stay with XP or jump to Windows 7. 
 
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From: "Nightingale, Noel" <Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov>
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 5:41:12 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] laptop for the bar

Jack:

I was disappointed to hear about your experiences with Vista and JAWS as I am about to be "upgraded" to Vista.  Any chance your experience is isolated or are you aware of others with the same bad experiences?

Noel


-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jack Chen
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 12:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] laptop for the bar

Rod

I have had good experiences with Thinkpads and their reliability.  I took the NY and NJ bars with one.  If you do decide to get one, I recommend asking for Windows XP as my experiences with Jaws and Vista have been pretty dismal in terms of Jaws crashing randomly and complaining that my license has expired (even though I have a fully authorized version).

One other option you might try is to use an external USB keyboard for typing as I find them to be faster than the cramped keyboards on laptops.  Check with the bar examiners before you rely on an external keyboard though.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rod Alcidonis" <roddj12 at hotmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 2:26 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] laptop for the bar


> My current laptop is acting out, and I am increasingly not trusting it to 
> take two bar exams in three weeks, and I don't have time to trouble shoot 
> it. I have resolved to purchasing another laptop. I cannot risk this thing 
> running slow and causes me to lose time on the exams. Any quick 
> recommendations please? I need a fast machine: the small ones (don't 
> remember how they are called), or a robust machine. Thanks an advance for 
> all contributions. I am a little worried at this point. If the small ones 
> are indeed reliable, I might just get one! Please help!
>
> I remember there was some discussions on the list recently about 
> purchasing them.
>
>
> Rod Alcidonis, J.D.
> C. 718-704-4651
> roddj12 at hotmail.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Keith Vick" <keith-vick at msn.com>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 4:30 PM
> Subject: [blindlaw] Supreme court Gross and the ADA
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was wondering if any of the esteemed colleagues of this mailing list 
>> have
>> any remarks regarding the decision in Gross (08-441) and its 
>> applicability
>> to ADA - Employment.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Keith Vick
>>
>>
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