Re: NVDA running on a budget laptop
Gene
I don’t know why. As I recall, another person reported a good
experience with the machine. If I am wrong, I hope a correction will be
made. If there were two different reports, I don’t know what accounts for
the difference.
Gene -----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] NVDA running on a budget
laptop I
used it for very basic tasks email and not much more. it still choked! I am not sure think vocaliser was used, and espeak and still choked. On 16/05/2021 22:22, Gene wrote: > Too slow for what and what were you using for a synthesizer? If you > were using computer intensive voices as opposed to something like > Eloquence or E-speak, the machine may have been unresponsive to the > point of annoyance. If you were using Eloquence or E-speak, it may not > have been. I’m not saying anything about the machine; I have no opinion > of it. But I think that if people make such comments, they should state > what they used the machine for and what synthesizer they were using with > which screen-reader. > Gene > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Kevin Cussick via groups.io > <mailto:the.big.white.shepherd@...> > *Sent:* Sunday, May 16, 2021 3:43 PM > *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> > *Subject:* Re: [nvda] NVDA running on a budget laptop > I had this machine and threw it in the bin! just to slow. > > On 16/05/2021 01:46, Monte Single wrote: > > If you could even move up to a low end icore 3 or 5 processor, the > > difference would be noticeable. > > > > In a machine like you describe, and if I had only one choice, I would > > go for a better processor instead of more ram. > > > > *From:*nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> *On Behalf Of *Jeff > Samco > > *Sent:* May 15, 2021 6:20 PM > > *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io > > *Subject:* [nvda] NVDA running on a budget laptop > > > > I am looking to purchase a second, low cost and compact laptop for some > > upcoming travelling. I only expect to be running NVDA, basic web > > browsing, email using MS Outlook and simple word processing. I don't > > know how much MVDA uses in terms of processing resources and would like > > some advice. I am considering the following laptop: > > > > HP Stream Pro 11 G5, Celeron N4000 / 1.1 GHz, Windows 10 Pro 64-bit > > National Academic, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB EMMC, 11.6" Display 1366 X 768 (HD), > > UHD Graphics 600, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth - Kbd: US - 5VD62UT#ABA > > > > Does anyone know if this configuration will perform well enough or > > should I move up to another level of processor? > > Thanks for any input. > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > |
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