[blindlaw] Law Student Query About Adaptive Equipment

[Tai Schmittroth]

I am seriously considering purchasing a Sony VAIO. The TX series models are
under 3 pounds and they have 1 to 1.5 GB of RAM, 80 or 100 GB hard drives,
and the battery life is rated around 7 hours (of course, this depends on
what software and configuration you're running and such). These machines are
more solid than the librettos. They also have the DVD/CD-rw drives built in.
Tai
  

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Rod Alcidonis
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 7:04 AM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Law Student Query About Adaptive Equipment

Angie, I wonder about their stability, as compared with the regular ones.

Rod
----- Original Message -----
From: "Angie Matney" <Angie at mpmail.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Law Student Query About Adaptive Equipment


> Hi Deborah,
>
> I'd like to suggest yet another option for your consideration. How 
> about a
lightweight laptop like the Toshiba Libretto?
> Here is the link:
>
> http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/pdet.to?seg=HHO&poid=296429
>
> It seems that many law schools require some sort of laptop. Mine does. 
> So
a computer might be the best way to go. I'd
> recommend the Toshiba or a similar computer over the SmallTalk because 
> you
get a computer with much more memory,
> and it doesn't weigh that much more. It comes standard with a 60GB 
> hard
drive, and you can upgrade the RAM to 1gb.
> The computer weighs just over two pounds. I think the battery life is 
> also
supposed to be better than that of the
> SmallTalk. (BTW, if I had a ton of money, I'd have one of every single
thing you listed in your last message.) Of course,
> the SmallTalk could end up being the perfect option for you. But I 
> thought
you might want to consider this "mini
> notebook."
>
> I can't take credit for finding this one--another lister pointed it 
> out to
me.
>
> The Portico from CompSolution is similar:
>
> http://www.compsolutionat.com/main.asp?section=Products&pageID=Portico
>
> I don't know if I'll get one of these small computers, though, because 
> my
school has "law bundles," laptops that I can
> buy at discounted prices. The school will give me a loaner to use if
something goes wrong with mine, provided I have
> one of the law bundles. But I do want one of these small computers!
>
> Good luck to you!
>
> Angie
>
>
>
>
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