[jaws-uk] Re: buying a laptop
- From: <alex.thynne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:04:28 -0000
Hi Paul
discussion on laptops has been ongoing on access-uk recently. I very much
doubt you will get one that runs windows xp now, as the market has gone over
to vista. You would have to upgrade to jaws 9 if you want to go down this
route. JFW8, and the newest flavour, jaws 9 will run on vista, but previous
versions of jaws most certainly will not. Whether you could get a
second-hand one and run an older version of windows on it so that you could
use your existing version of jaws is something the more technically minded
people than myself will have to answer.
Alex
skype name: grytpype2006
windows live messenger name: alex.thynne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul Roberts
Sent: 18 February 2008 20:38
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] buying a laptop
Hi all,
For some time now, I have thought about maybe buying myself a laptop and
installing JAWS onto it.
To be honest, the only real reason for doing this is so that when I amaway
for long weekends, I can still catch up with E-mails so that I don't have to
do it when I return home.
I don't usually have long holidays.
on my desktop, I currently have windows ME and am running JAWS version 5.
If I was to purchase a laptop then it would presumably come with XP. This
is not necessarily a problem but I would want to access my E-mails and so
would I be able to do this through a laptop whilst away from home.
Also I might wish to read magazines as sent by the RNIB whilst on a train
journey so as not to cary bulky Braille items with me.
I guess the only other thing I might want to do is listen to theradio
stations on-line although I gather this last point might be rather dificult
and in some instances, impossible.
If anyone can give me any advice on this and also a rough idea of prices
then that would be brilliant.
You can either reply to the list or directly to my E-mail address if you
wish.
Thanks for reading.
Regards
Paul.
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