[nfbmi-talk] Off Topic: RE: dell

Sat Nov 20 17:37:08 UTC 2010

Hi. Speaking of the Samsung Haven, I hear that that's not good for blind people because even though that that does track most features but the battery is very low. 

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> From: gkitchen <ghkitchen at comcast.net> 
> Sent: November 20, 2010 1:12:45 AM
> To: NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Off Topic: RE:  dell
> 
> Hi Joe,
> 
> Yes, I  have thought of a  Apple and an I phone. Waiting for them to get 
> cheaper, and that darn monthly fee from verizzon.
> Many people are not crazy about microsoft but my tech fixex them cheaply. 
> His name is rick crane and if you need his number let me know. He works fast 
> and cheap.
> 
> 
> I would like to see  an i phone before I decide I  would really like one.
> 
> I  do not i intend to buy a computer now. Mine is  doing well but it doesn't 
> hurt to look around.
> 
> I have this darn jaws already.
> Yes, memory is getting cheap. I check around for sales when I need a sd or 
> flash drive.
> Thanks for all your imput.
> Georgia
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz at comcast.net>
> To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 12:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Off Topic: RE: dell
> 
> 
> >I don't think any of this is off topic per se and I value the input and the 
> >fact that I can for a moderate price back up all that I've done. Thanks 
> >Fred for the cite and thanks Georgia for the question.
> >
> > As an aside and on topic observation I will get an Apple computer to 
> > replace this one when it is dead as I will not pay the price to both 
> > upgrade my PC and the additional price to upgrade, at the same cost to me, 
> > my screen reader.
> >
> > I sincerely hope that all second party vendors realize the concept of 
> > universal design implide and promoted here. The day for this is not 
> > tomorrow, but, rather it is at hand.
> >
> >
> > Just as I remember the day in 1990 or 91 when I paid six hundred bucks to 
> > upgrade my pc to a 20 mg hardrive and now I can as, Fred suggests get a 
> > terra byte for $150. I and all can also get built in speech for nothing 
> > with apple products including, of course for less than two hundred dollars 
> > the I-phone which actually has more power and capacity than my older and 
> > now virtually defunct 2001 HP lap top (with 15 gigs btw). Shoot I can get 
> > that for less than forty dollars on a thumb drive at retail in any store 
> > for crying out loud.
> >
> > What all this says to me and on the blindness issue is that the day is not 
> > only coming but is here where we, the blind won't have to pay one more 
> > nickel for that that is readily given or expendended by anyone else.
> >
> > Man, I'm just waiting for Verizon to pick up the I-phone and I, and we in 
> > the revolution of accessable technology will join the rest of the human 
> > race at the same price and with the same options that are universal to 
> > everyone.
> >
> > Sorry third party vendors, really I am... sorry Microsoft...Oh well not 
> > really Billy Gates...
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at comcast.net>
> > To: "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 9:39 PM
> > Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Off Topic: RE: dell
> >
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm afraid it is off topic.  If we need to converse on this please write
> >> off-list.  I do not know for sure but believe you can buy a generic drive
> >> for Dell computers.  I will say that with the low price of USB hard 
> >> drives
> >> these days, I saw a 1 TB drive  on Blind Bargains, today for $100, this
> >> seems like the best solution to hard drives unless yours has simply 
> >> failed
> >> altogether.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> >> [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> >> On Behalf Of gkitchen
> >> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 9:26 PM
> >> To: NFB of Michigan List
> >> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] dell
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I hope this isn't off topic. Anyway, I was told that Dell computers were
> >> proprietary--meaning that if your hard drive failed you n had to order 
> >> one
> >> from dell rather than just buy an Seagate or an off brand off the 
> >> internet.
> >> Is this true??
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Georgia
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