I said I wouldn't comment further but I'll make one more comment.
If you are going to use the laptop in such a way that you don't care
if you use the internal keyboard or not, you don't have to worry
about it. I use my Windows 10 laptop with an external keyboard and
I never intend to use it with its internal keyboard.
Gene
On 7/25/2022 10:52 PM, Quentin
Christensen wrote:
We often get asked about computers, and like
everyone has said here, more RAM helps, but NVDA should run on
basically anything you can get your hands on - except Windows 10
S, stay away from that.
What I normally recommend looking at is what keyboard
layout do you want? Do you want a number pad, or do you
prefer a smaller form factor without one? What will you use
as your NVDA key, and if Insert, check where it is on that
keyboard. Also, see if you can check the quality of the
inbuilt speaker - even if you plan to use headphones or
external speakers mostly, it's still handy and sometimes
unavoidable using the build in speakers occasionally (and if
they're that good, you might not need external speakers - but
the last thing you want is to count on using the inbuilt
speaker and then discover that it's unbearable to you).
The other personal comment I'd make is, both in general and
in regards to a specific model line - don't buy the very
cheapest available, but at the same time, don't pay heaps
extra to buy the very newest processor. Work out what your
budget is and try to get something good quality in that
range. Models and brands vary - just because someone you know
had a bad experience with Lenovo, doesn't make them all bad -
similarly, just because your last Acer was brilliant, judge
the next one on its own merits - companies change a lot in
five years (and that isn't a comment for or against, Acer,
Lenovo or any other brand).
On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 1:37
PM Gene < gsasner@...> wrote:
The original question said the person wants to use the
computer as a backup for a desktop and he discussed using
programs where the extra speed offered by an SSD doesn't
matter. If you are going to be working on a Word document,
if it takes one or two more seconds to load the document and
an extra second to save the document once you have finished
working on it, that amount of time saving doesn't justify
getting an SSD.
Having said that, computers from Computers For the Blind
come with SSDs.
This is my last message in the thread on the main NVDA
list. Since the first question asks about the amount of RAM
NVDA uses, I'm not sure if it was appropriate for the main
list, but further discussion on the main list isn't since,
aside from the RAM question, the discussion has nothing to
do with NVDA.
Gene
On 7/25/2022 9:42 PM, Harry Spencer wrote:
Yup, love the SSD. Made the old desktop PC jump like a
pup. Harry
On 7/25/2022 7:34 PM, Chris Smart wrote:
Make sure if you get
something used, that it has a solidstate drive.
I’m saying that mostly for the increased speed
over a physical hard disc.
Hello,
Thanks for reaching out. 4 GB
will work, but you ideally want at least 8, and
adding an extra 4 GB really isn't all that
costly.
As for different computer
brands, as this is subjective and begins to
stray from the topic of NVDA, I suggest you ask
on a list dedicated to discussing such things,
or on the chat subgroup.
Hello. I've been lurking on
this list for a couple of months and have
learned a lot. I have an immediate problem. My
10-year-old Toshiba
laptop died a couple of days ago.
I want to buy an inexpensive laptop as an
replacement, but nothing
fancy, just Windows 10 or 11 with Thunderbird
and MS Word and latest
NVDA. Mostly, I use a laptop for a backup for my
desktop PC and word
processing.
In the past, I heard that JAWS and other
screenreaders need lots of RAM,
8 GB or more. All the cheap laptops I'm looking
at start at 4GB RAM. Is
that enough for NVDA?
Any suggesstions on me buying a cheap backup
laptop functional with NVDA
will b very much appreciated.
Thanks. Harry
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