Re: which OS will work better with JFW5?
- From: "Keith Corkran" <corkrank@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 06:34:21 -0600
considering the age of the laptop I would go with windows 2000. windows XP
has poor driver support for legacy devices. that model laptop sounds a
couple of years older than XP. video driver problems you DO NOT want with
JAWS.
Keith Corkran
Support Specialist IV
Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired
----- Original Message -----
From: "golden" <golden89@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: which OS will work better with JFW5?
> greetings
> what is a kernel?
> mind hsaring with us?
>
> golden
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cy <cselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 3:44 PM
> Subject: RE: which OS will work better with JFW5?
>
>
> > Hello,
> > I am running Win XP Home with JAWS 5.0. I use Microsoft Outlook for my
> > email and, so far, things are just about like they were with prior
> > systems. XP does a whole lot better job of coming up after a unwanted
> > shut down. 98 took forever to get it all back together. Lots of memory
> > will make a huge difference in performance. 512 meg seems to be about
> > the minimum with XP. 1 gig does really nice. For what we are likely to
> > do most anything over 1GHZ will do a good job with Eloquence. I am still
> > sorry that my DEC board will not run under anything above Windows 98.
> > Too bad!
> > If the info on more than one sound board had come along before I
> > purchased the dufis Doubletalk I sure would not have done it. T The
> > speech from it reminds me very much of the old, ancient Artic and
> > Symphonic 215 board, mediocre at best and sorry most often.
> > I would go with XP. I use a wireless router and all seems to run fine.
> > The kernel is the same for both 2K and XP. Of course, I still have one
> > computer which is a Windows 98 job with the DEC board and it also gets
> > along fine with the wireless router. It can even talk to any of the rest
> > of the computers we have here at home.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Chip Orange
> > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 1:51 PM
> > To: 'jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> > Subject: RE: which OS will work better with JFW5?
> >
> >
> > Sorry, I have to disagree. Most comments I've read which compare XP to
> > win2k recommend the choice of XP. I use both with JFW 5 and can't see
> > any difference as far as JFW is concerned. I believe that XP has better
> > network support, especially wireless networking.
> >
> > hth,
> >
> > Chip
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Midence, Alex [mailto:MidenceA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 2:43 PM
> > > To: 'jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> > > Subject: RE: which OS will work better with JFW5?
> > >
> > >
> > > Win 2k. I recommend it highly. I'ver heard nothing but
> > > negative things
> > > about xp from people I meet here and also on this list. Most
> > > the threads
> > > you see here with jaws experiencing difficulties w/ an os are
> > > w/ win xp or
> > > xp pro.
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Alex Midence
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Stephen Clower [mailto:steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 1:19 PM
> > > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: which OS will work better with JFW5?
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi folks,
> > > I have ordered a refurbished Laptop from Dell and it will
> > > be arriving
> > > tomorrow without any preinstalled operating system. I am attempting to
> > > determine which system (Windows 2000 or XP Pro) will work
> > > better with JFW
> > > Pro 5.0? Which operating system is more likely to have the
> > > sound drivers for
> > > this laptop? I realize that the answer to this question is
> > > most likely XP
> > > Pro, but my final question is: On a P3 750 MHZ laptop, which operating
> > > system will work more sppedily with JFW?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Steve
> > > Stephen Clower, that guy from the south.
> > > You can reach me by any of the following:
> > > E-Mail: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > MSN: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > AIM: AudioRabbit03
> > >
> > > You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting
> > > http://www.steve-audio.net
> > >
> > >
> > >
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