RE: Buying a New System--Any Suggestions?
- From: "Jamie Pauls" <jamiepauls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:02:32 -0500
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Subject: Re: Buying a New System--Any Suggestions?
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Thanks.
Doris
At 04:42 PM 7/19/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Heidi,
>I just went through this process about a month ago. I had been using
>Windows 98 se, until then.
>
>I know you said you were going to buy Jaws 6, but one thing to keep in mind
>is that Windows XP, you have to have the Professional version of jaws to
use
>XP Pro, or if you have standard Jaws then XP Home.
>
>I took my Jaws 6 cd along with me, when I went shopping, and had no problem
>with any of the places I went installing Jaws to see how it would work with
>the computers I was interested in.
>
>I was looking for a notebook, and purchased a refurbished IBM Thinkpad,
R51.
>
>Since I have standard Jaws, and the notebook was running XP Pro, I asked
>them to change to XP Home. That's probably more trouble than most people
>want to go to, but it worked for me.
>
>I also checked out a Dell and a Fujitsu, and saw no problems with Jaws on
>any models I tried that day.
>
>You might want to think about what features are important to you.
>
>Sorry this has been longwinded, but I have to say, moving to XP was not the
>hassle I had expected, and I am enjoying the notebook.
>
>Good luck with the search for your new computer.
>
>Crystal
>
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