Dear Chip, As far as I last check for more than a year with Dell, they are no longer doing that kind of customization in my region any longer. They are selling not directly as well but through another reseller instead of doing it online with them. for those you can get online with them, you can only get those preloaded ones. What you see online, its what you are going to get from them.
Maybe its still workable or still custimizable at your region but definitely not my end. Can't upgrade my harddrive to a bigger size, change those default keyboard to cheaper ones, can't change OS within. Can't get a better wireless card any longer. It really sucks. So most of the client I am doing nowadays are getting from asus instead. they have a better hardware with the price you pay. The best of all, they are much lighter. Can't customize them but I get a better hardware. -------------------- regards Thomas N. Chan -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+thomas.nchan=gmail....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Chip Orange via Talk Sent: Sunday, 7 June 2015 10:13 AM To: soaringeag...@comcast.net; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question about computers with WE Hi Jo, I am somewhat unclear as to what your question is, however, if you are interested in Microsoft notebooks because they don't come with trialware, you have some other choices. If you buy a Dell laptop from their business division (or I should say for their business customers) instead of the standard consumer group, those don't come with trialware. This is what I did a couple of years ago (bought an E6530, which includes a full keyboard). You also can choose the exact version of Windows which you want (I wanted the 32 bit version, and wanted Windows 7 because 8 had just come out). The consumer offerings are all pre-configured, leaving you little choice, and they often do come with trialware (but this is not hard to uninstall, you should not worry about it). Finally, there was a free program around (and it may still be available) called decrap or something like it, which helped remove automatically, all the free trialware that gets added to a new pc. If this missed your question, perhaps you could try again? Hth, Chip -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+lists3717=comcast....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Jo Taliaferro via Talk Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 4:36 PM To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com Subject: Question about computers with WE I think the AISquared team works closely with certain entities of Microsoft in making WE better and better but I have a question. I know there is access to Microsoft support and some technical assistance. How does the access to this Microsoft assistance carry over to the computers Microsoft builds and sells? My understanding is that there's no trialware that comes with a Microsoft computer but are their computers, (especially laptops, accessible for a blind user without an external keyboard or braille display? I use Windows 7 64-bit ultrabook with latest WE and appreciate feedback, off list, if preferred. Jo Taliaferro _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/lists3717%40co mcast.net. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/thomas.nchan%4 0gmail.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com