Re: [orca-list] Seeking a laptop capable of beeps during boot

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All HP business machines (Probook, Elitebook) I have seen beep their speaker when requested to from an 
operating system as well as when you open the boot menu in the firmware. Other advantages are that with 
sighted help on the newer ones, you can upgrade the efi/bios from within the efi firmware if you connect a 
network cable. The brand new elitebooks are also supported by the Linux vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) which 
allows you to upgrade firmware from within Linux. If you want to save some money by skipping Windows, you can 
configure them with freeDos in the US and save about $200. I am not sure about other countries. There are 
also heaps of second hand Elitebooks and Probooks off lease from businesses on  sites like Newegg and Ebay in 
the US. I am not sure about other countries.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2020, at 9:38 AM, Cleverson Casarin Uliana via orca-list wrote:
> Hi, thank you all who answered so far. I plan to go to a physical store 
> in order to test other brands' laptops as well, though they may have 
> security concerns... Lets see.
>
> Greetings,
> Cleverson
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