[access-uk] Re: Windows seven V Windows 8 from an Accessibility point of view
- From: "Vanja Sudar" <vanja@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 23:53:10 +0100
Hi,
both windows 7 and 8 work pretty well with both Jaws and NVDA. However, to
use jaws with windows 8 it's recommended to use at least jaws 14, though 15,
which is currently in public beta works a lot better.
Windows 7 is in many ways similar to XP/vista, but there are differences and
somewhat of a learning curve. Windows 8 is to a degree quite radically
different and therefore there is much more of a learning phase and it does
take some time to get used to. If you are having issues with windows 7, then
I personally would not recommend 8 as it's even more different than it's
predeccesors. However, if you're willing to learn, spent some time learning
new things and a different environment and up for a bit of a chalenge, feel
free to delve in to the windows 8. If you already have a coppy of windows 7,
it is also possible to downgrade unless you have an OEM version. Regarding
the programs you want to use, both win 7 and 8 should satisfy your needs.
Whether you want 32 or 64 BIT machine really depends on how fast you want it
to be. A larg number if not majority of new machines on the market are
usually 64BIT, but if you are only using for web, mail and occasional use of
the office, the speed is not upmost important, so even if you did go for a
32BIT machine it won't do you harm. There may be small number of software
that might not run on 32BIT computers, but those are usually games and such.
On the other hand most 32BIT apps can run on 64BIT machines, so if you have
a decent offer on a 64BIT machine you've got nothing to lose and it will
pretty much guarantee a decent performance.
HTH
-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Pearson
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 4:49 PM
To: Access-UK
Subject: [access-uk] Windows seven V Windows 8 from an Accessibility point
of view
Hi folks,
Thanks for the recent help on backup drives. My Seagate STBU1000201 is now
on order so I can Ensure I have all I need from computers before discarding
at least one; then I'll think about the network drive once this is done.
First though I need to make an informed choice about whether to stick with
Windows 7 (which I don't know that well and don't particularly like) or move
to Windows 8 I also need to make a choice about 32 or 64 bit alongside my
decision for the uprade of computer.
I am needing feedback of the way Jaws and NVDA handles Windows 8. I only
want to use the machine with a computer keyboard and to be able to work in
XL, mail, Itunes (if I must) and perhaps the odd letter in MS Word.
If anyone has worked with Jaws and/or NVDA with Windows 7 and 8, please tell
me what works and does not.
If anyone has specific reasons for moving from 32 bit to 64, or staying at
32, please let me know.
Hope this isn't too much of a complicated ask.
Thanks as always.
Carol P
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