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Comment by Janiece Young on September 25, 2009 at 12:25
Thanks everybody. As soon as I get a little extra cash I think i'm going to get one of mini computers.
Janiece
Comment by Christy Fagan, CRR, RMR, CSR on September 25, 2009 at 12:19
I wanted to switch over but just haven't yet. I just ordered the Revoluion Grand writer that comes with the laptop-type screen that you can run your CAT software on and it now has the ability to run my Sprint 3G internet on it, too. We'll see how it goes. Then I won't have to carry anything but my machine and a couple of spare Acer laptops for attorney browsing when/if I need to. I already carry one every day and don't notice it except it's just more CRAP to have in the bag.
Comment by Marla Sharp on September 25, 2009 at 12:12
Janiece, you might want to try the Case CATalyst group. Click here.

Christy, I've been using an ACER netbook, which I got at Costco for $350, as my main laptop for a couple months now, and it's been great. I have noticed it is a little slower than my big Dell laptop, but I've had no trouble running my Eclipse, Excel, and the Internet during a job. And I've even hooked up up to three people for realtime using the Acer. It's such a big relief not having to carry my old 50-pound laptop anymore to jobs. I'm going to go buy another one in case an atty wants to hook up at a job. They're so lightweight, you could carry two or three on you without too much trouble! I'm a fan; can you tell?
Comment by Janiece Young on September 25, 2009 at 11:57
I have a question for any CASEcatalyst users.
I use the ini file to help me with my number translations. Most of the time it works just great. The problem I can't figure out how to fix is when I have two numbers together it combines them.

Example

There were three cars that respectively cost: $1,000, $2,000 and $3,000.

My software will probably combine the $1,000 and the $2,000 and come up w/ an incorrect number.
I have a stroke to put in a space "SPA*EUS" and I tried putting that in between the numbers but it still gave me a bad number. Is there a way to fix this?
Thanks,
Janiece
Comment by Christy Fagan, CRR, RMR, CSR on September 25, 2009 at 11:54
the Acer laptops are about 9 inch screens and are under $300. You can get a Dell for about the same price, too. I was going to get one to run my realtime on for my screen, but have been told they don't have enough RAM, etc. to run all the stuff we need. Darn! Still have to lug my big one around!
Comment by Janiece Young on September 25, 2009 at 11:52
Jeanese,
I just noticed you said you take a "mini" computer w/ you on all your jobs. What a great idea. What kind do you have? How much was it? Do you now the specs on it???
I hate tearing down my editing computer and taking it jobs when the attorney requests an extra computer.
Comment by Debbie on September 24, 2009 at 10:42
Yes I charge too if RT is requested and they don't hook up. I lol'd at Jeanese's comment it's a big "Sheeeww!" on my part when they start of a million miles a minute.
Me = "Thank God they didn't bring their laptop."


If they request RT and don't hook up, I always offer to send a rough draft. No extra charge for roughs if they're already paying for RT.
Comment by Kyung on September 23, 2009 at 19:16
I know one attorney who told me they ordered the realtime bec. the rough is included, so for them it's like getting a freebie.
Comment by Ginger H. Brooks, CRR, CSR, CLR on September 23, 2009 at 8:05
We also charge for realtime if they ask for it when they book it. When we network with another firm and they request realtime, I always inform them upfront that they will be charged for realtime even if the attorneys do not hook up.
Comment by Christy Fagan, CRR, RMR, CSR on September 23, 2009 at 5:27
I was just at a Stenocat seminar and the ethics portion all related to realtime. They said that COPE says we have to inform all counsel before the depo takes place of any realtime feeds; cable, wireless, internet streaming, so that we can provide it to them if they want it. It's all part of the "offering the same services to everyone" thing we're supposed to comply with.
And I would think you should still be able to charge something if they don't want realtime. That happened to my firm before and they still wanted a rough at the end of the day, just not realtime, and so we charged the $1 per page extra instead of the $1.50 that we would have been able to charge.
If they hadn't of wanted a rough, we still probably would have charged at least $1 because I had to find a certain reporter to cover it, a CLR, and, like you say, she might have missed out on another realtime hookup(s) job.
 

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