Options for buying a computer.

Sat Mar 2 16:11:54 EST 2002

Understand about your thoughts about not wanting to buy another computer.
Hey! this is why I bought as much as I could afford and hope it's all I need
with the exception of having to changeout various peripherals form time to
time.  My Compaq desktop is 1GHZ with 128MB and 40Gigs.  Plan to max out the
RAM that that's it for awhile.
I needed something portable as may be going for a Masters in
Telecommunications Engineering in the Fall so wanted to be ready to roll.
I'll put Linux on there and may even another WindBlows version.

Amanda

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: Options for buying a computer.

I won't buy a computer anymore. The last machine I baught was a compaq 133
back in 96.  It was fast then and had a crap load of ram, but now it is the
slowest thing.  The machine I'm on now's got 128 megs of ram and a 1 ghz AMD
Chip.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amanda Lee" <amanda at shellworld.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: Options for buying a computer.

> Hahahaha! o'well I'm in Janina's penalty box!  I still have this other
> compaq but haven't pulled off all the stuff I need off of there so I can
> nuke down the HD.  <grinn!>
>
> Amanda Lee
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 5:33 PM
> Subject: Re: Options for buying a computer.
>
>
> Well, I take it back. No speakup for you yet.
>
> On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Amanda Lee wrote:
>
> > Get into the frame of mind of thinking about a USB port as now being the
> > most universal port going forward until something else comes along to
> > trump it.  My NOtebook has 4 <g>!  No serial port; 1 parallel port and
> > ah'yes! a Firewire Port ...  Modems, keyboards, Speech Synthesizers,
> > Network Interfaces, Scanners, Printers, most any peripheral out there
> > these days is available in a USB life form! <g>!
> >
> > Amanda Lee
> >
> > Alexandria, VA
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Steve Holmes wrote:
> >
> > > You might be better off dealing with a local computer shop in your
area
> > > who might be willing to sell you a computer to your specifications
with
> no
> > > preinstalled anything.  Then you can stipulate that you want at least
> one
> > > serial port, ISA slots or whatever.  Obviously if you are using new
> > > hardware, new network cards, SCSI host adaptors, etc., you might not
> need
> > > ISA slots but you probably need one or more serial ports for synth and
> > > modem.  A lot of these local computer shops are quite reasonable and
> > > certainly more flexible than a mail order place.  The problem with a
lot
> > > of the big stores and such, they preinstall operating systems and
> software
> > > and there are sometimes warantee implications at stake if the machine
is
> > > reformatted with your own OS.  Just another thing to wrinkle up your
> > > research <sigh>.
> > >
> > > If top of the line performance isn't too critical to you, a used
machine
> > > might not be a bad bet either.  Linux doesn't require near the
resources
> > > that winblows does thus there's often a lot of people selling off
their
> > > older pentiums like a 133 or 200 and that will run linux perfectly!
> > >
> > > On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Anna Schneider wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi everyone.  If my message isn't very clear, I appologize ahead of
> time.
> > > > I've had a very frustrating day in computer research lnd.  Even
> knowing
> > > > that Linux isn't mainstream, I didn't know things would be this
> difficult,
> > > > so if I'm a bit hard to follow, that's why.
> > > >
> > > > What I want to know is, short of building my own computer, are there
> any
> > > > options for either buying a computer with Linux already installed or
> for
> > > > buying a computer with no operating system on it to begin with?
Dell
> will
> > > > only install on business systems, and Compaq's web site claims that
> > > > several versions of Linux are among the operating systems they
offer,
> but
> > > > when I called the number listed, I didn't get any people, I only got
> "You
> > > > live in Seattle Washington, Compaq computers are available at these
> > > > locations."  Mutter mutter mutter.
> > > >
> > > > And while I'm here I'll ask a couple of other things.  Is there a
list
> > > > anywhere of scsi scanners currently in production complete with
> features
> > > > and prices?
> > > >
> > > > And I've seen the occasional mention of a program called Viavoice on
> here?
> > > > Is this a screen reader for Linux, and if so, what are its
positives,
> > > > negatives, and how does it compare to Speak Up?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks much.
> > > >
> > > > Anna
> > > >
> > > >
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>
> Janina Sajka, Director
> Technology Research and Development
> Governmental Relations Group
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
>
> Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
>
> Chair, Accessibility SIG
> Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
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