[nabs-l] another one in the market for a new computer

[Littlefield, Tyler]

You can just disable the synaptics touchpad in device manager, and just 
pick up an external USB mouse for the time when you need help and 
someone to click on something for you. I've always just disabled the 
mouse where I had a tendency to hit it and end up in the top/middle of 
the document. Something else you can do to maximize the battery life is 
to hit windows+p on windows seven, tab to projector only, hit space, 
then tab to keep changes and hit space. It redirects all your output to 
the VGA/HDMI port on the laptop, which means that the backlight on the 
screen does not have to be on. You can also create a different power 
plan and limit the maximum performance of your processor to like 50% and 
turn off a bunch of other stuff, you can do all that under power. If you 
go the projector route, you will need to remember that if you leave the 
laptop for a long time or you close it and open it again, the screen 
will activate again.

On 7/16/2012 2:42 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
> If you can find an HP that can have its mouse pad turned off totally, 
> my HP has all that.
> I can last 4 hours with 10 windows open, along with Jaws. This is why 
> it still lives...
> My dell just had some oddities with the drivers not matching up with 
> the hardware, but I loved my dell...
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> -----Original Message----- From: Julie McGinnity
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 10:49 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] another one in the market for a new computer
>
> Hi everyone.
>
> I know there is already a thread about computers on the list, but I am
> also looking for a new laptop, and I have some different requirements.
> I have had a gateway for 2 and a half years, and there are problems
> with the hardware that would make it unreliable to use in school. If
> it has trouble turning on, I can't rely on it during class.  It also
> freezes a lot.  I have found my Gateway easy to deal with before these
> problems occured, but I definitely need something new.
>
> I am looking for a computer with a longer battery life(more than 3
> hours).  I will not buy a Dell because my previous computer was a
> Dell, and it got viruses every week and froze on what felt like a
> daily basis.  I need something with good memory because I run a lot of
> programs at once.  I will be putting a lot of assistive technology on
> it besides jaws such as Kurzweill, Duxbury, and the Dancing Dots
> software.  I would love something that can last me more than two
> years.  I am planning to go to computer stores and look around at the
> different models before I choose, but any suggestions would be much
> appreciated.  Thanks.
>


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