Well, my two laptops were both acquired used, so I didn't pay as much.
I wouldn't haul a printer around. Portable printers generally aren't worth the trouble. And with wireless, if there's a campus network, you can just print to a "public" printer or something. Or, if you have the right sort of router and a DSL or cable connection at home, you may even be able to use VPN to print to your home printer.
I used the printer mainly for taking tests, which means the teacher wants the paper document right now. There are alternatives, but they aren't very satisfactory. For instance, they will let me test in the office of disability services at a seperate time, but you have to make an appointment three days in advance, schedule around other classes, and use their equipment...all serious pains in the ass. Then too, that doesn't help with quizzes. I could get a note taker or scribe for each class, just in case, but I'm sure you could see what a pain that would be. Some teachers will let me hand in a burned CD, or download to a data pen, after a test or a quiz, I must say the school has been great about accomodating my handicap, but I'm an independent sort and I refuse to depend on someone else when I don't have to.
I have many handicaps, the lack of a personality being chief among them.
Actually, I injured my wrists back in 1989, tearing the ligaments and cartilege. They've deteriorated to the point that the twisting and bending motion used for writing is almost unbearble, even after surgery to remove the damaged cartilege. I also have arthritis, heart problems, lung problems, memory problems, diabetes, high blood pressure, ulcers, body oder, bad breath, and memory problems. I'm a write-off but I'm to selfish to lay down and quit.
I dunno, you seem to have a personality. Maybe not standard issue, but...
I don't have half the problems you've got. Though I keep pissing off my doctor because with my weight & diabetes he *expects* me to have things like high blood pressure. :-)
As far as the printer goes, if I was in your position, I think I'd try to modify an old thermal printer I've got. Only 40 column, and an odd serial interface. And needs AC. But in a classroom, not a big problem. And it weighs maybe a pound.
I've got a small thermal printer, it even has both cable and infrared interface. I've got a small Jornada computer that I'm trying to get to work with the printer. If it works, I can stick both in my pocket and go.
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I wouldn't haul a printer around. Portable printers generally aren't worth the trouble. And with wireless, if there's a campus network, you can just print to a "public" printer or something. Or, if you have the right sort of router and a DSL or cable connection at home, you may even be able to use VPN to print to your home printer.
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Actually, I injured my wrists back in 1989, tearing the ligaments and cartilege. They've deteriorated to the point that the twisting and bending motion used for writing is almost unbearble, even after surgery to remove the damaged cartilege. I also have arthritis, heart problems, lung problems, memory problems, diabetes, high blood pressure, ulcers, body oder, bad breath, and memory problems. I'm a write-off but I'm to selfish to lay down and quit.
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I don't have half the problems you've got. Though I keep pissing off my doctor because with my weight & diabetes he *expects* me to have things like high blood pressure. :-)
As far as the printer goes, if I was in your position, I think I'd try to modify an old thermal printer I've got. Only 40 column, and an odd serial interface. And needs AC. But in a classroom, not a big problem. And it weighs maybe a pound.
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