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

[Kirt Manwaring]

July,
  I have an asus.  I don't remember the model number offhand but it's
got 8 gb ram, the battery usually runs me about 6 hours, and it's one
of the more portable laptops I've seen.  (it's a full-fledged laptop,
not a netbook)  It's worked for me fairly well in the ten months I've
had it.
  Best,
Kirt

On 7/16/12, Littlefield, Tyler <tyler at tysdomain.com> wrote:
> 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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