[nabs-l] Questions About Getting New Laptop

Mon Jun 20 16:40:27 UTC 2011

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=20Chris

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:=20
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=20
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=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Kerri=20Kosten=20<kerrik2006 at gmail.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>,"T.=20=20Joseph=20Carter"=20<carter.tjoseph at gmail.com
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2020=20Jun=202011=2002:00:04=20-0400
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Questions=20About=20Getting=20New=20Laptop

Hi=20All!

Thanks=20for=20the=20info.=20=20I=20really=20appreciate=20it!

I=20want=20to=20hopefully=20bring=20this=20new=20laptop=20to=20my=20upcomin=
g=20trip=20to
Florida=20to=20visit=20some=20family=20so=20I=20think=20I=20am=20going=20to=
=20just=20go=20for
windows=20and=20maybe=20get=20a=20mac=20later=20when=20I=20know=20I'll=20ha=
ve=20more=20time=20
to
spend=20learning=20voiceover.

I=20did=20a=20quick=20search=20on=20Amazon=20for=20the=20I7=20laptops=20and=
=20the=20
cheapest
prices=20I=20can=20find=20are=20in=20the=20$800=20range.

What=20kind=20of=20budget/price=20should=20I=20go=20for?=20I=20guess=20the=
=20more=20you=20
pay
the=20better...are=20the=20more=20expensive=20I7=20processor=20high=20end=20=
laptops
worth=20it=20over=20the=20much=20cheaper=20I3=20ones?

I=20don't=20want=20to=20be=20so=20cheap=20I=20get=20a=20crappy=20laptop=20b=
ut=20at=20the=20same=20
time
I=20don't=20want=20to=20get=20something=20that=20is=20overpriced=20and=20I=
=20end=20up=20
getting
screwed.

For=20those=20who=20have=20purchased=20laptops=20recently=20did=20you=20go=
=20for=20the
cheaper=20lower=20end=20or=20the=20more=20expensive=20higher=20end=20models=
?

I=20don't=20mind=20spending=20the=20money=20for=20something=20good=20but=20=
I=20also=20
don't
want=20to=20spend=20a=20ton=20on=20something=20and=20get=20screwed.

Thanks!
Kerri

On=206/19/11,=20T.=20=20Joseph=20Carter=20<carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>=20wrot=
e:
=20For=20a=20JAWS=20user=20or=20Window=20Eyes=20user,=20the=20Mac=20is=20go=
ing=20to=20take=20a
=20little=20getting=20used=20to,=20but=20other=20than=20learning=20the=20ne=
w=20screen
=20reader,=20it=20functions=20basically=20as=20you=92d=20expect=20it=20to.=
=20=20The=20
option=20to
=20use=20a=20virtual=20machine=20to=20run=20Windows=20exists=20on=20a=20Mac=
=20as=20well,=20
and=20you
=20will=20find=20the=20MacBook=20Air=20in=20particular=20a=20joy=20to=20car=
ry=20after=20
lugging
=20around=20a=20larger,=20heavier=20laptop.

=20Most=20ultralight=20PCs=20are=20cheap=20netbooks=20and=20pretty=20sluggi=
sh.=20=20
They=92ve
=20got=20going=20for=20them=20the=20size=20and=20usually=20also=20the=20wei=
ght,=20but=20
they
=20sacrifice=20much=20in=20terms=20of=20function=20to=20do=20it.=20=20The=20=
difference=20
between
=20the=20MacBook=20Air=20and=20a=20more=20conventional=20laptop=20is=20that=
=20it=92s=20
missing
=20optical=20drive=20and=20ethernet=20port.=20=20And=20that=20it=20weighs=20=
half=20as=20
much!=20=20I
=20personally=20can=92t=20imagine=20carrying=20anything=20else=20anymore.

=20If=20you=20don=92t=20mind=20the=20heavier=20laptop,=20all=20the=20advice=
=20about=20what=20
to
=20look=20for=20in=20a=20good=20laptop=20(i7=20being=20more=20battery=20eff=
icient=20than=20
i3,
=20etc.)=20applies=20to=20Macs=20as=20well.

=20The=20one=20thing=20that=20will=20take=20getting=20used=20to=20if=20you=
=20use=20Windows=20
your
=20Mac=20(either=20via=20BootCamp=20or=20virtual=20machine)=20is=20the=20ke=
yboard.=20=20
You
=20will=20find=20that=20the=20Alt=20and=20Windows=20keys=20are=20reversed.=
=20=20The=20
keyboard
=20is=20basically=20done=20the=20way=20Mac=20keyboards=20have=20been=20for=
=20ages=97it=92s=20
just
=20that=20Apple=20and=20Microsoft=20happen=20to=20put=20the=20"alternative=
=20
function"=20and
=20"vendor=20logo=20function"=20keys=20in=20opposite=20locations.=20=20I=92=
ve=20gotten=20
used
=20to=20using=20Windows=20that=20way.=20=20To=20me=20it=92s=20no=20differen=
t=20from=20using=20
the
=20Control=20key=20versus=20the=20Command=20key=20for=20cut/copy/paste.=20=
=20I=20just=20
do
=20what=92s=20appropriate=20in=20the=20environment=20I=92m=20using=20pretty=
=20
automatically.

=20Joseph

=20On=20Sun,=20Jun=2019,=202011=20at=2007:55:28PM=20-0400,=20Kerri=20Kosten=
=20wrote:
Hi=20Everyone!

Well,=20after=20five=20years,=20it=20looks=20like=20I=20am=20going=20to=20h=
ave=20to=20get=20a=20
new
=20laptop.

I=20haven't=20had=20to=20look=20for=20a=20laptop=20in=20like=20five=20years=
=20so=20I=20had=20
some
=20questions.

First,=20from=20an=20accessibility/screenreader=20standpoint=20what=20is=20=

better
windows=20or=20Mac?=20Was=20the=20switch=20to=20mac=20from=20windows=20hard=
?=20Was=20
voiceover
easy=20to=20get=20used=20to?=20Do=20you=20like=20your=20mac=20better=20than=
=20windows?=20
I've
been=20told=20macs=20don't=20get=20viruses=20or=20have=20spyware=20and=20th=
ey=20seem=20a=20
lot
more=20durable.=20=20I=20have=20a=20friend=20who=20says=20he=20has=20had=20=
one=20for=20three=20
years
(he=20isn't=20blind)=20and=20he=20says=20other=20than=20spending=20some=20m=
oney=20on=20a
bigger=20hard=20drive=20and=20paying=20$25=20for=20one=20of=20the=20new=20O=
S=20updates=20(I
believe=20it=20was=20snow=20lepoard)=20he=20said=20it=20works=20just=20as=20=
fast=20and
everything=20as=20it=20did=20the=20day=20he=20got=20it.=20=20It=20seems=20w=
ith=20windows=20
the=20life
is=20only=20around=20four=20or=20five=20years=20old.=20=20Sighted=20people=
=20are=20
telling=20me
to=20go=20with=20mac=20but=20I=20know=20the=20world=20is=20still=20largely=
=20dominated=20by
windows.

For=20windows=20users=20who=20have=20purchased=20laptops=20recently=20what=
=20things=20
did
you=20look=20for=20in=20the=20laptop?=20What=20brands=20are=20people=20usin=
g=20with=20the
windows=20screenreaders?=20I=20found=20a=20Tasheba=20satellite=20on=20Amazo=
n.com=20
for
$479...it=20is=20usually=20$780=20but=20has=20been=20on=20sale=20for=20$479=
.=20=20It=20has=20
an=20I3
processor,=204=20gigs=20of=20ram,=20640=20gig=20hard=20drive,=20and=20a=201=
5=20inch=20
screen=20not
that=20that=20matters=20to=20me.=20=20Supposedly=20the=20battery=20lasts=20=
for=20five=20
hours.
I=20was=20going=20to=20just=20go=20with=20this=20one=20but=20i=20noticed=20=
it=20is=20rated=203
starrs=20on=20the=20customer=20reviews=20and=20I=20wonder=20why=20it=20has=
=20dropped=20so=20
much
in=20price=20on=20Amazon.=20=20is=20anyone=20else=20using=20a=20tasheba=20a=
nd=20are=20they=20
good?
What=20things=20did=20you=20look=20for=20in=20you're=20laptop=20before=20pu=
rchasing=20
it?

The=20laptop=20I=20will=20likely=20get=20has=20Windows=207=20and=20is=2064=
=20BIT.=20=20Is=20
there=20any
big=20bugs=20I=20should=20know=20about=20with=2064=20BIT,=20Windows=207,=20=
and=20Jaws?=20Do=20
you
like=20windows=207=20overall?=20Is=20it=20better=20than=20windows=20vista?=
=20My=20old=20
hp
laptop=20had=20windows=20vista=20on=20it=20and=20my=20netbook=20(which=20I=
=20am=20typing=20
this
on)=20has=20windows=20XP.

Even=20if=20Rehab=20or=20some=20other=20source=20purchased=20your=20laptop,=
=20I=20am
noticing=20most=20of=20the=20new=20ones=20have=20similar=20specks:Windows=20=
7,=20a=20
500=20gig
or=20bigger=20hard=20drive,=20I=203=20and=20up=20processor,=204=20gigs=20of=
=20ram.=20=20How=20
fast
are=20these?=20My=20laptop=20is=20so=20old=20I'm=20kind=20of=20excited=20an=
d=20curious=20to=20
hear
about=20how=20fast=20the=20latest=20laptops=20with=20these=20new=20and=20im=
proved=20
specks
are.

Thanks!
Kerri

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