[nabs-l] Questions About Getting New Laptop

Tue Jun 21 01:52:29 UTC 2011

I lost an entire month's worth of a 2-month long project on my braillelite once.
And I wasn't granted an extenssion so I ended up losing a ton of points.

On Jun 20, 2011, at 9:11 PM, Josh Gregory wrote:

> 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
> 
> sent from my Apex
> Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rania Ismail CMT" <raniaismail04 at gmail.com
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> 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,
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Humberto Avila
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 9:02 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Questions About Getting New Laptop
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Rania Ismail CMT
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 5:57 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> 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,
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Jorge Paez
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 8:52 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Questions About Getting New Laptop
> 
> 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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