Portability, fitting both laptop and keyboard in computer bag. Takes up less space. Gives off less heat. Quieter running. Has own speakers. That's just off the top of my head without much

Question? Why would one by a laptop computer, then use a desktop keyboard? Why not just get a desktop from the beginning? I'm not challenging doing that, just wanting to know what is the advantage.

Dr. Tom, I would say the free version of Avast should serve your needs well at home. The paid version may offer more features, but if all you want is virus protection, the free version should be

that is very informative. thank you very much. i am going to get a usb keyboard so i can stay with the desktop layout. i am not going to be using this machine as a primary computer so i really don't

Hi, Dennis, I am also a Jaws16 laptop home user with Window7 ,but I use the desktop keyboard because the laptop keyboard is small,my desk is tall, and my fingers are too big for the laptop

I just use Shift plus F10 for a context key. Bill White billwhite92701@...

They both work well, except that one doesn't work from the bed. Smile. -- Sunny Day Maria Campbell lucky1@... Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Blaise Pascal

Actually I was not aware of that one. <Chagrin>. Still not as nice as a real context menu key. Probably not even as nice as my remapped print screen since it requires hitting two keys. Prior to this

Virtualizing the window! Interesting suggestion, thanks. When I bring up the keyboard shortcuts popup, then try to virtualize the window, JAWS says "Virtualizing is unavailable when forms mode is

Hi, It has nothing to do with the beta it is to download and install it on july 29 when it is released.

Soronel, I'm sure you know this, but shift-F10 does the same thing, just for the record.

Paul, See if the JAWS virtual window helps by pressing JAWS key+alt+w. Assuming it does, you'll be able to navigate with the arrow keys and, better still, copy the entire text to paste into another

Hello, everyone. As some of you may recall, I had been having multiple problems with my main Windows 7 home computer. As a result of the many very helpful suggestions that I have received from a

I'm wondering if shift F10 would serve the same purpose as the applications key. I find that in many cases it does for me. Just throwing it out there. Maybe it will help you!

wich one works better.

yes it is a full size so i guess it would be there.

Depending on how you intend to use it, maybe not many changes at all. I say that because I am not sure if you plan on using a desktop keyboard with it, or a Bluetooth keyboard. Some models have the

The one thing I find annoying with my HP laptop is that it does not have the context menu key. I have used a utility to remap the print screen key to perform that function but it is certainly not

I have both. -- Sunny Day Maria Campbell lucky1@... Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Blaise Pascal

Or attaching a USB numpad, which covers the key that are probably missing from the device's keypad. Much easier to carry. As I understand it, the caps lock substitutes for most insert-based commands,