Jackie - Can you give me the actual model of your HP so I can track it down and take a look please? What is HD/Blue-Ray, and at the risk of sounding thick, what actually is firewire, see, I get confused with all the jargon, such as what is the difference between wi fi and wireless, aren't they the same? - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:49 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Laptops | Hi Andy | | It depends on what you want to pay and whether you want something | lightweight to carry around, or lugable. | | Personally - and I've said this several times since I've had it - I like my | HP laptop that I've had for six months. It isn't the lightest contraption | in the world, but it has a 320GB hard drive, 2GB RAM, 256MB graphics (not | shared), built-in Bluetooth, webcam, wireless networking, HD/Blue-Ray | compatible drive, three USB, one firewire, ethernet, Vista Home Premium ... | all the normal things nowadays really. My favourite feature is the almost | full-size keyboard with numeric keypad which I find very useful to be | honest. There are also two headphone sockets and a microphone socket on the | front. The only thing it doesn't have is a line-in but I use my other | machine for stuff like that if need be. | | I'm sure others will recommend machines they use, or have used, so I guess | you'll have plenty to choose from. | | As for where to buy, it depends if you like getting stuff off the Internet | or in the High Street. I don't have a preference really. I got my HP from | Comet where I ordered it over the phone, but that was because I liked the | spec of the machine more than where it actually came from. | | Happy hunting. | | Jackie | | Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx | Skype Name: Cairnsplace | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> | Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:32 PM | Subject: [access-uk] Laptops | | | > Hi all | > | > Well, I've been considering a laptop for a while now, and given all the PC | > probs I've been having lately, now might be the time to take the plunge, | > and | > I'll at least have a working machine if this one dies or needs serious | > surgery <smile> | > | > So, here's the big question! What from experience would people recommend, | > as | > a place to buy, a make of laptop, preferences for laptops over notebooks | > and | > so on. My screen reader will still be JFW, and I guess I might as well go | > with Vista too! But I really do need advice with this; I just looked at | > Sight&Sound [just for a laugh really as I knew the prices would be over | > the | > top] and they have laptops for £1100! And although that comes with Vista, | > it | > doesn't come with JAWS! How can they justify that kind of pricing I | > wonder; | > if they were more reasonable, I might buy from them again, but that said | > my | > first experience wasn't great with the preinstalled software, but that's a | > long time ago now. It really would be great to have a competitive retailer | > that understands the screen reader market, but anyway, back to my point, | > what do others recommend please - | > | > Andy | > | > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- | > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] | > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: | > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | > ** and in the Subject line type | > ** unsubscribe | > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the | > ** immediately-following link:- | > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] | > ** or send a message, to | > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq | > | | ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- | ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] | ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: | ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | ** and in the Subject line type | ** unsubscribe | ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the | ** immediately-following link:- | ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] | ** or send a message, to | ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq | | | -- | This email has been verified as Virus free. | Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq