The Thinkpad line of notebook or laptop computers was sold by IBM to
Lenovo years ago along with the entire line of IBM PC's and laptops.
You can purchase a Lenovo Thinkpad, which is now a Chinese-made product,
but still considered good quality. However, there is no need to limit
your investigation to a Thinkpad. That is just one line of notebook or
laptop computers among hundreds. Go to www.amazon.com and www.buy.com
and do a search for laptop or notebook computers, or just click on their
"computers" link and then on laptops or notebooks and you will be able
to read all about hundreds of models with many different combination of
components and features at all kinds of prices. A netbook will not be
adequate as a substitute for your desktop PC, but a notebook or laptop
would do well. Be prepared to spend many hours looking if you really
want to educate yourself about what is available. The computer market
is constantly changing and models come and go like the seasons. There
is nothing special about Thinkpad, it is just a catchy marketing name
for one particular line of laptops.
Rich De Steno
On 10/3/2010 3:11 PM, yvonne oliver wrote:
hello Andre
thank you for this.
it is intended that the desktop p c is replaced with something that
takes up less space.
at the moment on this rather small computer trolley i have a monitor,
speakers, modem, microphone and cordless phone.
a keyboard and trackerball for the sighted on the middle shelf
not forgetting the tower unit on the bottom shelf.
so in actual fact i do indeed want to use the smaller machine in the
same way as i do the desktop one i currently use.
also i would have the added bonus of being able to take it with me
when i go on holiday.
so using ms office, skype, and all the other things i do would be
done on the smaller machine.
so perhaps a think pad may be better for this purpose.
when i was sighted a friend of mine had one of the earlier i b m
thinkpads.
this was in the days of m s dos and windows 95,98, and millennium.
it also had a cd/dvd drive.
however in those days it had no wi fi and the processor was much
slower than machine of today.
but it was a good laptop/computer.
assuming the thinkpad is still in production these days and obviously
the processor speed would be faster i would also assume they have wi
fi and a much higher capacity hard drive.
and i wonder if they have card readers, bluetooth and extra u s b
ports like the netbooks and larger laptops have of today.
so if anyone can shed any light on wether the think pad is still in
production and is it is much improved i would be grateful.
also if it is still in production a full specification would be
appreciated.
so that is why i need a netbook or as things stand at the moment a
fast thinkpad with all the mod cons of today.
Yvonne
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Williams"
<andre.williams.1...@gmail.com>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] netbooks
I'm not in your position, and I don't know the value of the cell
phone, and I don't know the condition of the netbook. If we're
talking brand new in the box, I will say that I would prefer the
netbook over the thinkpad, but my needs are very different than
yours. I do not intend to use the netbook as a desktop substitute. I
realize the limitations of netbooks and only use for light word
processing, email, and internet browsing. If I want to run sound
forge or Nero, I know I'm gonna have to use something much more
powerful such as my desktop. Please avoid the mindset that this
netbook will do what your desktop does or will perform like your
desktop does. If I were you I would fire up Google and run an
Amazon.com or newegg.com search for this netbook and read the
reviews. Usually you will find over 100 reviews from all kinds of
people doing all kinds of things using netbooks.
Andre
From: yvonne oliver
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 11:17 AM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] netbooks
hi
so what would you go for n120? or thinkpad?
i have been told the nc10 would be good
Yvonne
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Williams"
<andre.williams.1...@gmail.com>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] netbooks
1. I don't know about the straight swap thing.
2. You might have a problem installing windows 7 on this netbook, if
the
previous post is correct, the maximum ram is 1 gig. Windows 7 needs
more
than that.
3. The suggestion about a thinkpad, one of the great benefits of these
netbooks is long battery life. The thinkpad may only give you half
or less
the battery life of the netbook. Also, most of these netbooks have a 1
year warrantee you might want to ask about.
4. Jaws 10 or 11 will work just fine.
5. Windows XP is ideal for these netbooks as WXP is light weight and
very
responsive. If you do not intend to do anything that demands lots from
you, and these netbooks are not intended for this, you will be just
fine
with WXP.
Andre
From: yvonne oliver
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 10:53 AM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] netbooks
so is the n120 worth a straight swap for a n86?
and is windows 7 able to be installed to one of these Samsung 120
netbooks
Yvonne
----- Original Message ----- From: "yvonne oliver"
<yvonne.oli...@tafn.org.uk>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] netbooks
hi
thanks for this.
if anyone can think of anything else that would be useful on one of
these
that would be appreciated.
i know it needs to be able to have jaws 10 or 11.
and of course decent sound for skype and voicemail.
most i have found so far only have 1 gig of ram when purchased.
and all so far only have a 1.66 gig hard drive
and what is windows 7 like?
any problems with windows 7?
thank you
Yvonne
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ishe Chinyoka"
<chinyoka.consult...@gmail.com>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] netbooks
RAM (at least 2048MB will do), wireless support, memory card reader,
hard
drive space, and of course a fast processor (at least 1,7GHZ).
I think it is just a matter of seeing that the processor and RAM
would
help you with screen reader support and be a multitasking system.
Most
netbooks come preloaded with Windows 7 nowadays, but you can also get
some with Windows Vista or XP. Vendors often state which operating
system
is loaded.
On 10/3/2010 2:13 PM, yvonne oliver wrote:
hello
i pose these questions now.
suppose i decide to get one what would i be looking for in one of
these.
for example Bluetooth is one a 3 in 1 card reader is another and
a fast
processor would be another but what else would i expect one of
these to
have to make it worth buying.
as much info as possible would make it easier for me to choose one.
thank you
Yvonne
----- Original Message ----- From: "David"
<davidwhitehead1...@cogeco.ca>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] netbooks
Hello there;
you would need to use a USB cd/dvd.
----- Original Message ----- From: "yvonne oliver"
<yvonne.oli...@tafn.org.uk>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 7:18 AM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] netbooks
hi
i had considered getting a netbook.
but they don't have cd/dvd drives on them.
is one able to be connected to a netbook?
if so where would it connect to and where would i get one?
thank you
Yvonne
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