I think the Asus keyboards are pretty nice. I have an 11 inch laptop 
from Asus, so it's pretty thin and the screen is pretty small, but the 
keyboard is nice to work on. I took a look at the Asus convertible, 
which has a keyboard pretty similar to my laptop, and is pretty nice, 
IMHO, for a convertible. It's only $400, but it's running the Atom 
processor and 2G of memory. I'd worry a bit about the performance, 
especially if you'll be running JAWS. I'd consider the Asus convertible 
to be a good netbook replacement, which you could also use as a tablet. 
I don't think this is what you're looking for though.

The Lenovo Yoga also has a pretty nice keyboard, if you're looking for a 
system that can double between a clamshell ultrabook and a tablet. It's 
the machine I fell in love with when I was looking for Windows 8 
tablet/laptop convertibles over the holidays.

I'd recommend at least 4G of memory for JAWS. The more the better, 
especially if you'll be running memory intense applications, like VMware.

On 01/23/2014 09:01 PM, Dorene Cornwell wrote:
> Hi All
>
> New technology must be in the air. My hard drive on my large old XP
> laptop died for the 4th time awhile ago. Urk. Do not ask how long ago.
>
> Anyway, I have been machine shopping.
>
> Does anyone have any tips about laptop models with good tactile
> keyboards? Lots of new laptops seem really thing. This is nice for
> portability but I find ithard to feel the keys. Today I saw a Samsung
> with a keyboard I liked but I am wondering whether other people have tips.
>
> When i say BIG, I mean big laptop, 17" , so big that a neighbor gives me
> a hard time abotu the biggest laptop in the world. I have been working
> with / looking at various size screens and honestly sometimes really
> like the extra screen real estate. So I am interested in hearing from
> other ZT users about what you find the biggest tradeoffs between larger
> and smaller screens.
>
> I am cranky about slow performance but also cranky about reading tech
> specs. Sigh.
>
> How much memory yields good performance with JAWS?
>
> I have ZT 10 and ZT 9.1 because of a license gotten when I got the toerh
> computer. Does anyone have info about how well ZT plays with JAWS 14 or 15?
>
> THANKS
>
> DoreneC
> Seattle
>
>
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