[nfbcs] Choosing a Laptop

[Nicole Torcolini]

	Be careful if you buy a Lenova. Their battery life is great, ut some
of them have really weird keyboard layouts.

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From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey D Stark
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Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 4:29 PM
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I'd never buy a laptop without a SSD.  I just finished a purchase about a
year ago of Lenovo T500 series laptops for myself and both of my parents.  I
ended up replacing the hdd in the laptop with a SSD because I really wasn't
happy with the performance without the SSD.  They ended up replacing theirs
too, for each of their laptops.

Why I bought this 1 was the fact that while it was heavier/larger, it had a
full size keyboard with numeric keypad and was designed to run all day.

Most companies sell both a consumer and corporate series.  The corporate
devices are designed to last longer and be used more frequently.  

The consumer devices tend to have better video cards and the corporate
devices tend to be more upgrade-able.

Our IT shop buys Lenovo for similar reasons.  I did not buy my ram or SSD
from Lenovo but bought these afterwards and added them to the device
manually to save tons on the cost.




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From: nfbcs <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Lanie Molinar via nfbcs
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 12:01 PM
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Cc: Lanie Molinar <laniemolinar91 at gmail.com>
Subject: [nfbcs] Choosing a Laptop

Hi, everyone. This is Lanie Molinar. I'm sending this to a lot of lists at
once. Some are tech-related, some are related to software development, and
some are for students. I might have to get a new laptop soon and have a few
questions. First, let me give you a little background info to help you
understand what I'm looking for. I'm a college student getting a degree in
Software Engineering, so I'll be working with code and developing things. I
also have several disabilities and health issues in addition to my
blindness, so I can't do much physically and spend a lot of my day on the
computer doing schoolwork, taking surveys for extra money, gaming, and doing
lots of other stuff. I'm fairly sure that I want a computer with Windows 10,
not a Mac, although I'm willing to look into a Mac if that seems better. I
would also be happy with something running Linux. I definitely want
something new, not used, with plenty of RAM. There are so many options that
I'm just not sure what to look for or where to get it. Again, I also need
something that can handle being used all day, gaming, and developing
software. My family is low-income, so I need to get it from somewhere that
offers good payment plans. Can anyone give me some advice on how to choose a
laptop, good places to buy one from, and what I should get? For those on
software development- related lists, I'm interested in what would be best
for a developer. I would really appreciate any help. Thanks.


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