[nabs-l] Questions About Getting New Laptop

Tue Jun 21 01:15:29 UTC 2011

Yes it sure is! Luckly I have an external hard drive so I at least had half
of the work.
Rania,

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From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Josh Gregory
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 9:12 PM
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I can relate, Rania.  I lost a very important English report just 
this year on my one BrailleNote when it crashed and practically 
had to start all over.  It's a good practice to back stuff up, on 
a flash drive, or anything like that.
Best,
Josh

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From: "Rania Ismail CMT" <raniaismail04 at gmail.com
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Date sent: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:07:37 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Questions About Getting New Laptop

I'm not trying to scare you.  I'm just explaining what happened 
to me! I had
a desktop with windows 98 on it and I had no problems with it.
I don't understand why I had all those problems with the laptop.  
I have to
say that I hope you don't experience a computer crash because 
that isn't any
fun! I lost half of my project and had to get an extenchen on it!
Rania,

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Of Humberto Avila
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Are you trying to scare the heck out of me? My desktop computer 
that I have
at home is a dell computer and hopefully it won't crash on me in 
the middle
of something and have to replace it completely! Thank god it is 
still
working perfectly and great.

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[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Rania Ismail CMT
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 5:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Questions About Getting New Laptop

I didn't have a good experience with dell either!
I delt with having the hard drive, the docking station, and the 
motherboard
replaced over and over again! The hard drive crashed on me when I 
was in the
middle of a project for school!
The entire system was replaced after a year but again the same 
thing
happened! I switched to HP and I am so much happier!
Rania,

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Of Jorge Paez
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 8:52 PM
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Maybe,
but I have had terrible experiences with Dell.
My last Dell gave me a blue screen of death after like 16 months, 
every time
I logged into my account at random intervals with XP.

On Jun 20, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Bernadetta Pracon wrote:

 Kerri,
 First of all, it depends on what you need to use the laptop for.
 What functions do you need it to perform? Sometimes, spending a 
ton of
money on a high end laptop when you only need it for basic 
purposes as
opposed to, say, audio or video production, etc.  is not the 
wisest idea.  The
portability of a laptop is also key if you'll be traveling with 
it a lot.
Some of the higher end laptops are bigger and bulkier, because 
it's
technically impossible to fit all the overglamourousbells and 
wistles into a
smaller unit.  That being said, smaller units, (13-inch - 14-inch 
laptops)
can be very fastand stable as well.  I don't mean  this about 
netbooks, by
the way.  Those clearly have slower processors, as you probably 
know, and are
more suitable as a backup computer.
 Tosheba, I heard, is actually not a great brand; I've seen a 
fewpeople get
hosed on their laptops, actually.  Although I will agree with 
whoever said
that Sony is overpriced.
 On that note, are you looking to buy abrand new computer,or 
would you be
interested in a refurbished one? Going the refurbished rout is 
usually much
cheaper, but still almost just as safe because the refurbished 
units have
been serviced by the manufacturer right before they're sold and 
are in
like-new working order.
 In fact, I actually happen to have a fully refurbished 
sixty-four byt
compatible laptop that I'm not using at all because I have a few 
other
computers on hand; I wouldn't mind selling it if you're 
interested.  I am
fully aware that this list isn't one for sales pitches,and I'm 
not trying to
use it as such--Just something that popped into mind.  If you're 
interested
and want more info on it, feel free to write me off-list at
bernadetta_pracon at samobile.net.

 HTH

 Bernadetta

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