Hi Loy, I updated my SMA to 2023 & 2024 over the weekend and today I got a message to update my authorization when J2021 started. I got this authorization update message for each computer, so

- Gerald, your entire message said it better than I ever could, but this last point is really important, too. But having a computer you can use "out of the box" without any assistance (providing

 If I needed one, I'd get one from Computers For The Blind. I sure don't need the latest and greatest, as long as I have enough RAM for running another OS in VmWare. Glenn

Jim, you have me wondering if it’s something like Office Assistant. I used to hate that crap. I’m curious enough now to spend some time researching it.

The overwhelming majority of blind computer users are not supertechies, and buying a computer with JAWS and other software already installed is a big plus. Not everyone can set

If they are selling them as refurbished, they need to do a clean install. If it was that slow from the time you got it, then they did not do the clean install, which is an option with all versions of

- And while I don't doubt this, at all, the question is what did she do about it afterward? Did she contact Computers for the Blind? Did they offer a replacement or at least to take a look at the

- Well, we both know that's not the case. Either a lemon or someone inadequately prepped the thing and it wasn't adequately tested afterward. Even back in the early days, a 10 minute boot up time

Hey Brian. Oh, I’ve no doubt there’sa n appeal – I mean, not everyone has the kind of resources that I was just talking about, and I suppose not everyone knows that they can get narrator up

There is also something which is a broad topic, the age of entitlement. Some do want the latest and greatest. I’m not one of them, I just want it to meet what Brian outlined in his earlier

From what I understand, at least as of last year 2020 at around march, they were using a solid state hard drive. Justin

Brian, any refurbished computer I got, did not have much get up and go and using your listed requirements, did not meet them, as for making a request, it is not always that simple. You get what you

- Not already configured with software used by a very great many blind people. That's the appeal, as far as I can tell along with the price. They're ready to use by someone who's blind and has

Yeah, I really don't see the point in using any such agency -- y ou can get perfectly good cheap laptops, with working displays, much cheaper on ebay and elsewhere. I paid $200 for my Lenovo -- yeah

Jim, I just put in Richard’s name because I thought it sounded rude just to eliminate any name. Smile. As for,“They are still working on making the subscription model available outside of the

If someone is buying one of these on their own, and they simply cannot save up for a good new machine; they serve a small market and if pressed, they will fix them when they show up in poor shape;

While I have never owned a computer from Computers for the Blind, a friend of mine who I served as tech support for purchased a number of laptops over the years. They are not "the latest and greatest"

Years ago, I got a refurbished lap top and it too was slower then molasses in January. I put in a SSD and the loading speed tripled. It turned out that it was originally a windows 7 that had been

David, I am not Richard, but Eric is at the NFB Convention this week and I am sorry to say but the response hasn’t changed much. “They are still working on making the subscription model available

Richard, if you have an occasion to email Eric again, could you ask him if he has any date as to when sales like below will be offered to Canadians? The subscriptions to JAWS have been around for