Hi Gerald,
I think that the write cycles
depend on how the computer is used.
I almost never reboot my
computers, they run 24/7 and this would be better for an SSD,
because the Swap file is not rewritten over and over as it is
every time you do a complete shut down and start up.
I think leaving the computer
running is better for mechanical hard drives too.
Glenn
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Sent: Monday, August 05, 2019 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Jaws friendly laptop
Yeah, this is an issue that makes me leery about buying a
computer with an SSD.?? Because an SSD emits no noise like a
mechanical hard drive, it would be almost impossible to tell for
sure that your Windows 10 PC has shut down successfully because
there is no shutdown sound like in Windows 7.?? Sometimes, you
might hear "JAWS for Windows" when the shutdown has initiated,
but there is no reliable way to tell whether it has powered off
unless it has a DVD drive on which you can simply press the
eject button to tell whether it is off.?? Also, I have read that
although a solid state drive may be more reliable as a
mechanical hard drive, it may not last as long because its
memory cells tend to wear out over time and eventually become
unusable with repeated write cycles.?? Is this true?
Gerald
On 8/5/2019 12:13 PM, Glenn / Lenny
wrote:
I like that the solid state
drives are faster and more reliable, but I don't like that
you can't hear them booting up.
Often you are wondering what
the computer is doing, if it is booting up, and you can't
tell non-visually with solid state drives.
But again, this is a factor
that has no bearing on Jaws.??
I do care about the audio on
some laptops, some laptops, sold as business models, at
least in the past, have had terrible sound.
But now that we use laptops in
the business world for things like Power Point and the like,
perhaps poor quality??audio
is becoming more of a rarity in laptops.
This is something you might
find out about by reading reviews on models on-line, before
you decide.
Glenn
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2019 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Jaws friendly laptop
The solid state drives are
wonderful. My new dell desktop has one, as does my
slightly older Dell laptop. I???d never purchase another
computer without one.
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??
List, my Toshiba laptop is in need
of replacement.
Have any of you on the list
recently purchased a new 15.6 inch screen laptop
computer that works well with jaws?
I would like another laptop that
has a built in keypad.
Also, has jaws worked well with
the new solid state drives?
Thanks for any help.
Like many of us using jaws and
access technology for the last 28 years, can remember in
the past being sure we got a laptop with the right kind
of video card and audio card.?? That said my current
Toshiba was bought off Amazon with standard video and
audio card.
Again, thanks for any ideas or
suggestions.
John in sunny southwest Florida
