[nabs-l] what computer to buy for a friend

[Beth Taurasi]

Hi, guys.
I'm having a bit of a snag here.  I may be selling a couple things, and 
with some extra money, I thought because of the XP going bye bye and 
all, I thought I'd do my boyfriend a service and buy him a laptop or a 
pc.  Well, I'm not sure what I should get.  My friend told me I should 
get him a Lenovo laptop, but I'm trying to decide between a Toshiba or a 
proper American HP.  One thing, I'm looking for a laptop with a good 
microphone that can do stereo, and I know HP would do that.  But I have 
a friend who raves about his Toshiba Satellite, and I want to look at 
the layout of the keys.  First question: how should I go shopping for 
the laptop?  Second, instead of JAWS, I thought NVDA would do fine with 
Eloquence, so how would I get him some training on this new laptop?  Or 
should I do it myself when I possibly fly down there to AZ in May?  I 
thought of doing that myself because I'm good with computers and can do 
many things with them in terms of programming and some other stuff.  
What do you guys think?  Thoughts?
Beth