[nfbcs] best computer for a CS student?

[Robert Jaquiss]

Hello Jorge:

     I would suggest checking with the community college and find out what
platforms they are using. You could end up doing work with both Linux and
Windows. Some people have used Macs and then used Vmware to set up Windows
and Linux virtual machines. Of course, you have to have JAWS for the Windows
machine and at least brltty for the Linux machine. The machine you get may
need to last a few years, so I would get the fastest CPU, at least 8 or 16GB
of RAM, a drive that can write blu-ray discs and two hard drives. The
blu-ray writer will let you backup your files. Having two hard drives might
be handy if you wanted to have a drive that you could experiment on without
endangering your main drive. I am a braille reader, and have a BS/CS degree.
I find an 80 cell braille display essential for programming. It helps to be
able to see the indented sections of code. This is especially handy for
Python. I agree with the other comments that it is good to dig into a
language and work on learning it. You are also wise to do freelance work
while in college. This will enhance your resumé. Hope this helps.

Regards,

Robert


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From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jorge Paez via
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Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2015 12:41 PM
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Subject: [nfbcs] best computer for a CS student?

Hi all:
My name is Jorge.
I just graduated high school last year and had to take a year off because my
family and I moved to Florida from New York City, so I was waiting for the
residency rule to kick in college wise because the tuition is about half or
more of what out-of-state students pay.
At any rate, I've already got my acceptance letter to community college, and
I'm going to be majoring in Programming and Analysis.
My question is, what computer would be better for me in terms of school
work?
I don't know what language my classes are going to use, but since I'm also
going to be doing a lot of work outside of class--I'm going to be a
freelance programmer on the side--I already know HTML pretty well and I'm
going to be learning other languages soon, what computer has the biggest
number of accessible development environments for the most number of
languages?
I have experience using both Mac and Windows, using Voice Over, JAWS and
System Access, so the screenreader isn't a problem for me.

Thanks,

Jorge

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