[nfbcs] new laptop

[Nicole Torcolini]

There are a lot of factors that affect whether or not it is possible to
speed up a old laptop. And, even if it is possible, it might not be worth
the time, effort, and energy . Sometimes it is not just the ram but also the
operating system. There are also the hardware components of the laptop that
wear out. Finally, the physical parts of the physical parts of the laptop,
such as the keyboard and just the shell itself, can wear out. Whenever I got
a new laptop, it was because my old one was at its highest capacity (or
close to it) and/or worn out.

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nancy Coffman
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 5:43 AM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] new laptop

Hello

Can you add more memory to your old laptop hisI also have rejuvenated
laptops by removing all of the software and then reinstalling. reinstall the
service packs as much as possible rather than going for all of the updates
will save you time and may save updates that you might not want. I  also was
choosy about what software I reinstalled on the machine. Ccleaner can help
with registry issues and other problems that can cause freezes and lockups
yes JAWS does take a lot of memory and can slow a computer down jaws also
just keeps getting bigger. one of the things I have done on my old computers
is to not install newer versions of jaws.

Nancyw Coffman
Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 5, 2013, at 5:19 AM, Jacob Struiksma <lawnmower84 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> you should get and run ccleaner it is good program that is free that 
> helps keep and clean up your windows computer
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Currin, 
> Kevin
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 1:28 PM
> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfbcs] new laptop
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I have had a Lenovo thinkpad t410 for the past two and a half years.
> However, its become quite slow and freezes frequently. I know that 
> jaws causes is responsible for a lot of the lag. Would getting a new 
> laptop with more memory at all help with this issue, or does jaws slow 
> computers down the same amount regardless of memory?
> 
> I am also looking for a computer that can handle java programming in 
> eclipse and running other things like RNAfold under cygwin.
> 
> I've heard that voice over on mac's isn't nearly as powerful as jaws 
> when it comes to doing programming and math/science things with excel 
> and such. Is this true? Should I stick with a PC if I want to do 
> science and programming stuff?
> 
> Sorry for the scatteredness of this email.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kevin
> 
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