[nfbcs] new laptop

[Denise Robinson]

Right on the nose Nicole 

Denise M Robinson
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On Mar 7, 2013, at 8:40 PM, "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:

> 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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