Since most new micros use XP memory is a very important consideration. It is my opinion that 512 meg is the absolute minimum you need to keep everything running and JAWS speaking. Almost any new lap top, note book or whatever will have a fast enough CPU to carry the freight. With some lap tops watch out for disk rotation speed. A number use the 4,500 rpm speed and not the 7,200 rpm speed. This could slow down the works. CYS... -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Troy Sullivan Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 3:00 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Has anyone else got this problem! I've heard fs tell lots of people with these jaws problems of it not speaking right that their resources are too low for the version, so check that. I gotta feeling that they are gonna have to make a patch for those of you who are having difficulty. Troy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul J Traynor" <pjtraynor@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 9:52 AM Subject: Has anyone else got this problem! > Hi All, > > Just been using the latest update of jaws and opened up a couple of > books that I had read formerly with previous version of jaws, that is > jaws451. Trying to up and down arrow is a real experience. Jaws50 > takes about 30 seconds to catch up with the arrow keys and sometimes I > wait andI wait and I wait but nothing happens at all. It gets to the > point where you just have to try and shut down the documents with > great effort. What could be going on here??. > > I have worked with all these books before without any problems. > > Paul. > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To > unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, > or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.576 / Virus Database: 365 - Release Date: 1/30/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.576 / Virus Database: 365 - Release Date: 1/30/2004 -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx