[jaws-uk] Re: upgrading win XP Pro laptop
- From: "Tristram Llewellyn" <tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:53:26 -0000
As a rule with laptops you can only use the operating system it was
originally supplied with which in that particular case sounds like
Windows XP. It is unusual for a laptop to have full driver support for
two operating systems unless that was the option at the time and
generally if it didn't have a VISTA option at the time then is not
generally safe to assume you can get any VISTA on it.
Do some research and see if it may take VISTA, there are still copies of
non-retail boxed XP Home floating around if you look as well.
Regards.
Tristram Llewellyn
tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Technical Support
Sight and Sound Technology
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From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Graham Page
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 9:49 PM
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] upgrading win XP Pro laptop
Hi all. I recently bought a Windows XP laptop from a company called
EuroPC which sells refurbed dell PCs. It was a good deal but I have
JAWS standard. This means I can't use the laptop without either
upgrading JAWS or using a free screenreader such as Non Visual Desktop
or perhaps even buying a program such as System Access which may do as
much as I need.
I want to use JAWS though really and wondered if there is any chance
that I would be able to upgrade to Vista but get Vista Home Premium
instead of Vista Business? This would work out cheaper as there would
be both a JAWS for Windows upgrade cost and increased SMA costs
afterwards for no real benefit to myself. I wonder if anyone knows
whether I stand any chance of getting this upgrade to Vista Home Premium
from Dell if I ask?
Regards
graham
Graham Page
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