[nabs-l] Questions About Getting New Laptop
Chris Nusbaum
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Tue Jun 21 14:31:04 UTC 2011
Isn't that what Dave uses to moderate the lists?
Chris
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Oh I see! Thanks Ignasi!
Best,
Josh
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Just a bunch of servers, or a data center or??omething like
that! When you say that something is stored on the cloud it just
means that you can access it online wherever you are.
On Jun 20, 2011, at 7:00 PM, Josh Gregory wrote:
Out of curiosity, what's the cloud?
Best,
Josh
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It works well for me. Docuscan is a good product and it stores
your documents in the cloud so that you can get them from any
computer.
On Jun 20, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Kirt Manwaring wrote:
I know Serotek has an OCR for the mac...I think it's called
Docuscan
or something. Not sure how well it compares to Kerzweil or
open-book,
though.
Best,
kirt
On 6/20/11, Jorge Paez <computertechjorgepaez at gmail.com> wrote:
Yes.
Open Book is only for Windows.
And no, there is no software for Mac.
And don't even try to run Windows on your Mac via bootcamp, I
know from
experience that slows your computer to at least a forth of its
usual speed.
On Jun 20, 2011, at 3:19 PM, Katie Wang wrote:
Hi, all,
I have been following this thread as I'm also planning to
purchase a
new laptop within the next year or so (my current one still runs
Windows XP). One question for those of you who use and like
Macs: Is
there some sort of OCR sofftware that works with Macs? I
regularly use
Open Book to scan documents or convert pdf files into a more
accessible format, but from what I understand it only works on
Windows
machines. Is that correct? Thanks!
Katie
On 6/20/11, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
Florida? Are you going to convention while you're there?
Chris
"A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities
motto)
To learn more about Camp Abilities and find a local camp near
you, just click on this link to their national Web site:
www.campabilities.org.
The I C.A.N. Foundation helps visually impaired youth in
Maryland have the ability to confidently say "I can!" How? Click
on this link to learn more and to contribute:
www.icanfoundation.info.
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From: Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com
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<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>,"T. Joseph Carter"
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Date sent: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:00:04 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Questions About Getting New Laptop
Hi All!
Thanks for the info. I really appreciate it!
I want to hopefully bring this new laptop to my upcoming trip to
Florida to visit some family so I think I am going to just go
for
windows and maybe get a mac later when I know I'll have more
time
to
spend learning voiceover.
I did a quick search on Amazon for the I7 laptops and the
cheapest
prices I can find are in the $800 range.
What kind of budget/price should I go for? I guess the more you
pay
the better...are the more expensive I7 processor high end
laptops
worth it over the much cheaper I3 ones?
I don't want to be so cheap I get a crappy laptop but at the
same
time
I don't want to get something that is overpriced and I end up
getting
screwed.
For those who have purchased laptops recently did you go for the
cheaper lower end or the more expensive higher end models?
I don't mind spending the money for something good but I also
don't
want to spend a ton on something and get screwed.
Thanks!
Kerri
On 6/19/11, T. Joseph Carter <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com> wrote:
For a JAWS user or Window Eyes user, the Mac is going to take a
little getting used to, but other than learning the new screen
reader, it functions basically as you???expect it to. The
option to
use a virtual machine to run Windows exists on a Mac as well,
and you
will find the MacBook Air in particular a joy to carry after
lugging
around a larger, heavier laptop.
Most ultralight PCs are cheap netbooks and pretty sluggish.
They??
got going for them the size and usually also the weight, but
they
sacrifice much in terms of function to do it. The difference
between
the MacBook Air and a more conventional laptop is that it??
missing
optical drive and ethernet port. And that it weighs half as
much! I
personally can??imagine carrying anything else anymore.
If you don??mind the heavier laptop, all the advice about
what
to
look for in a good laptop (i7 being more battery efficient than
i3,
etc.) applies to Macs as well.
The one thing that will take getting used to if you use Windows
your
Mac (either via BootCamp or virtual machine) is the keyboard.
You
will find that the Alt and Windows keys are reversed. The
keyboard
is basically done the way Mac keyboards have been for
ages????
just
that Apple and Microsoft happen to put the "alternative
function" and
"vendor logo function" keys in opposite locations. I??
gotten
used
to using Windows that way. To me it??no different from using
the
Control key versus the Command key for cut/copy/paste. I just
do
what??appropriate in the environment I??using pretty
automatically.
Joseph
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 07:55:28PM -0400, Kerri Kosten wrote:
Hi Everyone!
Well, after five years, it looks like I am going to have to get
a
new
laptop.
I haven't had to look for a laptop in like five years so I had
some
questions.
First, from an accessibility/screenreader standpoint what is
better
windows or Mac? Was the switch to mac from windows hard? Was
voiceover
easy to get used to? Do you like your mac better than windows?
I've
been told macs don't get viruses or have spyware and they seem a
lot
more durable. I have a friend who says he has had one for three
years
(he isn't blind) and he says other than spending some money on a
bigger hard drive and paying $25 for one of the new OS updates
(I
believe it was snow lepoard) he said it works just as fast and
everything as it did the day he got it. It seems with windows
the life
is only around four or five years old. Sighted people are
telling me
to go with mac but I know the world is still largely dominated
by
windows.
For windows users who have purchased laptops recently what
things
did
you look for in the laptop? What brands are people using with
the
windows screenreaders? I found a Tasheba satellite on Amazon.com
for
$479...it is usually $780 but has been on sale for $479. It has
an I3
processor, 4 gigs of ram, 640 gig hard drive, and a 15 inch
screen not
that that matters to me. Supposedly the battery lasts for five
hours.
I was going to just go with this one but i noticed it is rated 3
starrs on the customer reviews and I wonder why it has dropped
so
much
in price on Amazon. is anyone else using a tasheba and are they
good?
What things did you look for in you're laptop before purchasing
it?
The laptop I will likely get has Windows 7 and is 64 BIT. Is
there any
big bugs I should know about with 64 BIT, Windows 7, and Jaws?
Do
you
like windows 7 overall? Is it better than windows vista? My old
hp
laptop had windows vista on it and my netbook (which I am typing
this
on) has windows XP.
Even if Rehab or some other source purchased your laptop, I am
noticing most of the new ones have similar specks:Windows 7, a
500 gig
or bigger hard drive, I 3 and up processor, 4 gigs of ram. How
fast
are these? My laptop is so old I'm kind of excited and curious
to
hear
about how fast the latest laptops with these new and improved
specks
are.
Thanks!
Kerri
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