Yes I agree with you about the cost of JAWS. Peter From: Justin Harford Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:40 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: JAWS 11 & Laptop Shopping / PC or Mac So is JAWS. Why not get NVDA? On Sep 15, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Peter Holdstock wrote: yes but if your just using it for those few things then a mac is a lot to pay out for. Peter From: Justin Harford Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:51 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: JAWS 11 & Laptop Shopping / PC or Mac Hi there On Sep 15, 2009, at 9:27 AM, Dave Mitchell wrote: Also, does anyone operate both a Desk Top Windows PC and a Mac laptop? Hmm, I'm sorry to say I don't operate a desktop PC, but I work with them in a UC Berkeley class that I teach. I actually use a macbook for all my work. You mentioned that your needs don't stray much from email, web browsing and basic word processing. One can accomplish more than those things on a mac quite easily. Justin Harford