[nabs-l] Questions About Getting New Laptop
Josh Gregory
joshkart12 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 20 23:00:20 UTC 2011
Out=20of=20curiosity,=20what's=20the=20cloud?
Best,
Josh
sent=20from=20my=20Apex
Email:=20joshkart12 at gmail.com
=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Ignasi=20Cambra=20<ignasicambra at gmail.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2020=20Jun=202011=2018:57:05=20-0400
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Questions=20About=20Getting=20New=20Laptop
It=20works=20well=20for=20me.=20=20Docuscan=20is=20a=20good=20product=20and=
=20it=20stores=20
your=20documents=20in=20the=20cloud=20so=20that=20you=20can=20get=20them=20=
from=20any=20
computer.
On=20Jun=2020,=202011,=20at=205:29=20PM,=20Kirt=20Manwaring=20wrote:
=20I=20know=20Serotek=20has=20an=20OCR=20for=20the=20mac...I=20think=20it's=
=20called=20
Docuscan
=20or=20something.=20=20Not=20sure=20how=20well=20it=20compares=20to=20Kerz=
weil=20or=20
open-book,
=20though.
=20=20Best,
=20kirt
=20On=206/20/11,=20Jorge=20Paez=20<computertechjorgepaez at gmail.com>=20wrote=
:
=20Yes.
=20Open=20Book=20is=20only=20for=20Windows.
=20And=20no,=20there=20is=20no=20software=20for=20Mac.
=20And=20don't=20even=20try=20to=20run=20Windows=20on=20your=20Mac=20via=20=
bootcamp,=20I=20
know=20from
=20experience=20that=20slows=20your=20computer=20to=20at=20least=20a=20fort=
h=20of=20its=20
usual=20speed.
=20On=20Jun=2020,=202011,=20at=203:19=20PM,=20Katie=20Wang=20wrote:
=20Hi,=20all,
=20I=20have=20been=20following=20this=20thread=20as=20I'm=20also=20planning=
=20to=20
purchase=20a
=20new=20laptop=20within=20the=20next=20year=20or=20so=20(my=20current=20on=
e=20still=20runs
=20Windows=20XP).=20=20One=20question=20for=20those=20of=20you=20who=20use=
=20and=20like=20
Macs:=20Is
=20there=20some=20sort=20of=20OCR=20sofftware=20that=20works=20with=20Macs?=
=20I=20
regularly=20use
=20Open=20Book=20to=20scan=20documents=20or=20convert=20pdf=20files=20into=
=20a=20more
=20accessible=20format,=20but=20from=20what=20I=20understand=20it=20only=20=
works=20on=20
Windows
=20machines.=20=20Is=20that=20correct?=20Thanks!
=20=20Katie
=20On=206/20/11,=20Chris=20Nusbaum=20<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>=20wrote:
=20Florida?=20Are=20you=20going=20to=20convention=20while=20you're=20there?=
=20Chris
=20"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp=20Abi=
lities=20
motto)
=20To=20learn=20more=20about=20Camp=20Abilities=20and=20find=20a=20local=20=
camp=20near
=20you,=20just=20click=20on=20this=20link=20to=20their=20national=20Web=20s=
ite:
=20www.campabilities.org.
=20The=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20helps=20visually=20impaired=20youth=20=
in
=20Maryland=20have=20the=20ability=20to=20confidently=20say=20"I=20can!"=20=
How?=20Click
=20on=20this=20link=20to=20learn=20more=20and=20to=20contribute:
=20www.icanfoundation.info.
=20Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote
=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20Kerri=20Kosten=20<kerrik2006 at gmail.com
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>,"T.=20=20Joseph=20Carter"=20
<carter.tjoseph at gmail.com
=20Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2020=20Jun=202011=2002:00:04=20-0400
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Questions=20About=20Getting=20New=20Laptop
=20Hi=20All!
=20Thanks=20for=20the=20info.=20=20I=20really=20appreciate=20it!
=20I=20want=20to=20hopefully=20bring=20this=20new=20laptop=20to=20my=20upco=
ming=20trip=20to
=20Florida=20to=20visit=20some=20family=20so=20I=20think=20I=20am=20going=20=
to=20just=20go=20
for
=20windows=20and=20maybe=20get=20a=20mac=20later=20when=20I=20know=20I'll=20=
have=20more=20
time
=20to
=20spend=20learning=20voiceover.
=20I=20did=20a=20quick=20search=20on=20Amazon=20for=20the=20I7=20laptops=20=
and=20the
=20cheapest
=20prices=20I=20can=20find=20are=20in=20the=20$800=20range.
=20What=20kind=20of=20budget/price=20should=20I=20go=20for?=20I=20guess=20t=
he=20more=20you
=20pay
=20the=20better...are=20the=20more=20expensive=20I7=20processor=20high=20en=
d=20
laptops
=20worth=20it=20over=20the=20much=20cheaper=20I3=20ones?
=20I=20don't=20want=20to=20be=20so=20cheap=20I=20get=20a=20crappy=20laptop=
=20but=20at=20the=20
same
=20time
=20I=20don't=20want=20to=20get=20something=20that=20is=20overpriced=20and=20=
I=20end=20up
=20getting
=20screwed.
=20For=20those=20who=20have=20purchased=20laptops=20recently=20did=20you=20=
go=20for=20the
=20cheaper=20lower=20end=20or=20the=20more=20expensive=20higher=20end=20mod=
els?
=20I=20don't=20mind=20spending=20the=20money=20for=20something=20good=20but=
=20I=20also
=20don't
=20want=20to=20spend=20a=20ton=20on=20something=20and=20get=20screwed.
=20Thanks!
=20Kerri
=20On=206/19/11,=20T.=20=20Joseph=20Carter=20<carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>=20w=
rote:
=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=EB=AD=97=20expect=20it=20=
to.=20=20The
=20option=20to
=20use=20a=20virtual=20machine=20to=20run=20Windows=20exists=20on=20a=20Mac=
=20as=20well,
=20and=20you
=20will=20find=20the=20MacBook=20Air=20in=20particular=20a=20joy=20to=20car=
ry=20after
=20lugging
=20around=20a=20larger,=20heavier=20laptop.
=20Most=20ultralight=20PCs=20are=20cheap=20netbooks=20and=20pretty=20sluggi=
sh.
=20They=EB=AD=ADe
=20got=20going=20for=20them=20the=20size=20and=20usually=20also=20the=20wei=
ght,=20but
=20they
=20sacrifice=20much=20in=20terms=20of=20function=20to=20do=20it.=20=20The=20=
difference
=20between
=20the=20MacBook=20Air=20and=20a=20more=20conventional=20laptop=20is=20that=
=20it=EB=AD=A9
=20missing
=20optical=20drive=20and=20ethernet=20port.=20=20And=20that=20it=20weighs=20=
half=20as
=20much!=20=20I
=20personally=20can=EB=AD=AA=20imagine=20carrying=20anything=20else=20anymo=
re.
=20If=20you=20don=EB=AD=AA=20mind=20the=20heavier=20laptop,=20all=20the=20a=
dvice=20about=20
what
=20to
=20look=20for=20in=20a=20good=20laptop=20(i7=20being=20more=20battery=20eff=
icient=20than
=20i3,
=20etc.)=20applies=20to=20Macs=20as=20well.
=20The=20one=20thing=20that=20will=20take=20getting=20used=20to=20if=20you=
=20use=20Windows
=20your
=20Mac=20(either=20via=20BootCamp=20or=20virtual=20machine)=20is=20the=20ke=
yboard.
=20You
=20will=20find=20that=20the=20Alt=20and=20Windows=20keys=20are=20reversed.=
=20=20The
=20keyboard
=20is=20basically=20done=20the=20way=20Mac=20keyboards=20have=20been=20for=
=20
ages=EB=BE=A6t=EB=AD=A9
=20just
=20that=20Apple=20and=20Microsoft=20happen=20to=20put=20the=20"alternative
=20function"=20and
=20"vendor=20logo=20function"=20keys=20in=20opposite=20locations.=20=20I=EB=
=AD=ADe=20
gotten
=20used
=20to=20using=20Windows=20that=20way.=20=20To=20me=20it=EB=AD=A9=20no=20dif=
ferent=20from=20using
=20the
=20Control=20key=20versus=20the=20Command=20key=20for=20cut/copy/paste.=20=
=20I=20just
=20do
=20what=EB=AD=A9=20appropriate=20in=20the=20environment=20I=EB=AD=A2=20usin=
g=20pretty
=20automatically.
=20Joseph
=20On=20Sun,=20Jun=2019,=202011=20at=2007:55:28PM=20-0400,=20Kerri=20Kosten=
=20wrote:
=20Hi=20Everyone!
=20Well,=20after=20five=20years,=20it=20looks=20like=20I=20am=20going=20to=
=20have=20to=20get=20
a
=20new
=20laptop.
=20I=20haven't=20had=20to=20look=20for=20a=20laptop=20in=20like=20five=20ye=
ars=20so=20I=20had
=20some
=20questions.
=20First,=20from=20an=20accessibility/screenreader=20standpoint=20what=20is=
=20better
=20windows=20or=20Mac?=20Was=20the=20switch=20to=20mac=20from=20windows=20h=
ard?=20Was
=20voiceover
=20easy=20to=20get=20used=20to?=20Do=20you=20like=20your=20mac=20better=20t=
han=20windows?
=20I've
=20been=20told=20macs=20don't=20get=20viruses=20or=20have=20spyware=20and=20=
they=20seem=20a
=20lot
=20more=20durable.=20=20I=20have=20a=20friend=20who=20says=20he=20has=20had=
=20one=20for=20three
=20years
=20(he=20isn't=20blind)=20and=20he=20says=20other=20than=20spending=20some=
=20money=20on=20a
=20bigger=20hard=20drive=20and=20paying=20$25=20for=20one=20of=20the=20new=
=20OS=20updates=20
(I
=20believe=20it=20was=20snow=20lepoard)=20he=20said=20it=20works=20just=20a=
s=20fast=20and
=20everything=20as=20it=20did=20the=20day=20he=20got=20it.=20=20It=20seems=
=20with=20windows
=20the=20life
=20is=20only=20around=20four=20or=20five=20years=20old.=20=20Sighted=20peop=
le=20are
=20telling=20me
=20to=20go=20with=20mac=20but=20I=20know=20the=20world=20is=20still=20large=
ly=20dominated=20
by
=20windows.
=20For=20windows=20users=20who=20have=20purchased=20laptops=20recently=20wh=
at=20
things
=20did
=20you=20look=20for=20in=20the=20laptop?=20What=20brands=20are=20people=20u=
sing=20with=20
the
=20windows=20screenreaders?=20I=20found=20a=20Tasheba=20satellite=20on=20Am=
azon.com
=20for
=20$479...it=20is=20usually=20$780=20but=20has=20been=20on=20sale=20for=20$=
479.=20=20It=20has
=20an=20I3
=20processor,=204=20gigs=20of=20ram,=20640=20gig=20hard=20drive,=20and=20a=
=2015=20inch
=20screen=20not
=20that=20that=20matters=20to=20me.=20=20Supposedly=20the=20battery=20lasts=
=20for=20five
=20hours.
=20I=20was=20going=20to=20just=20go=20with=20this=20one=20but=20i=20noticed=
=20it=20is=20rated=203
=20starrs=20on=20the=20customer=20reviews=20and=20I=20wonder=20why=20it=20h=
as=20dropped=20
so
=20much
=20in=20price=20on=20Amazon.=20=20is=20anyone=20else=20using=20a=20tasheba=
=20and=20are=20they
=20good?
=20What=20things=20did=20you=20look=20for=20in=20you're=20laptop=20before=20=
purchasing
=20it?
=20The=20laptop=20I=20will=20likely=20get=20has=20Windows=207=20and=20is=20=
64=20BIT.=20=20Is
=20there=20any
=20big=20bugs=20I=20should=20know=20about=20with=2064=20BIT,=20Windows=207,=
=20and=20Jaws?=20
Do
=20you
=20like=20windows=207=20overall?=20Is=20it=20better=20than=20windows=20vist=
a?=20My=20old
=20hp
=20laptop=20had=20windows=20vista=20on=20it=20and=20my=20netbook=20(which=20=
I=20am=20typing
=20this
=20on)=20has=20windows=20XP.
=20Even=20if=20Rehab=20or=20some=20other=20source=20purchased=20your=20lapt=
op,=20I=20am
=20noticing=20most=20of=20the=20new=20ones=20have=20similar=20specks:Window=
s=207,=20a
=20500=20gig
=20or=20bigger=20hard=20drive,=20I=203=20and=20up=20processor,=204=20gigs=20=
of=20ram.=20=20How
=20fast
=20are=20these?=20My=20laptop=20is=20so=20old=20I'm=20kind=20of=20excited=20=
and=20curious=20
to
=20hear
=20about=20how=20fast=20the=20latest=20laptops=20with=20these=20new=20and=20=
improved
=20specks
=20are.
=20Thanks!
=20Kerri
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