Hi Vetri Actually, I have not used Vista, from what I have read about augumenting your RAM with pen drives, I don't think any brand should matter. I don't think, the pen drive should be empty. Whatever, free memory is there on the pen drive should be usable by the OS. Harish ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adhimoolam Vetrivel Murugan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Should I migrate to the new opporating system?
> That's correct and I think the public data version of JAWS 9.0 will > work even better with Vista. Thanks for Harish and Anshul for their > inputs. But Harish, I am interested to know more about the pen drive > being used as a memory ram - (The duel boot). Do all the pen drives > work? Or do we need special ones? Do they require any additional > software in order to use them this way? I am assuming that the pen > drive should be empty for it's effective functioning as memory ram. > right? Sorry for too many questions, but I am really trying to figure > out these things before making an investment that can last at least > for a few years. > > Vetri. > > On 02/10/2007, Anshul Kapoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sir, I am using vista with jaws 8.0.2173 which is available on the >> freedom scientific web site from 21-06-07. Jaws is reading fine and it >> is going well with 1 g b of ram. The jaws is a demo version and the >> laptop needs to be restarted after every 40 minutes to keep jaws >> working. Also if you purchase a system loaded with vista then it becomes >> almost impossible to migrate back to xp as the drivers will not be there >> for the same. As vista is machine specific, it is hard to find drivers >> for xp. DELL was providing drivers for xp but I didn't switched to xp as >> DELL was saying that it is a possibility that some hardware will not >> work in xp and DELL will not be responsible for that. You can easily go >> in for vista as it is not at all bad. Don't put the anti virus to scan >> your system from start up as it will make it more slower.Some >> instructions are available on the freedom scientific web site to make >> changes in jaws with vista. You can also go through it after your >> purchase. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adhimoolam >> Vetrivel Murugan >> Sent: 02,10,2007 12:32 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AI] Should I migrate to the new opporating system? >> >> Hi Harish, >> >> the info about pen drive becoming useful in terms of memory is indeed >> a great info! and if memory can be expanded that way, then certainly >> do not mind migrating to vista. I should keep my laptop at least for >> the next four years and if necessary I can in fact expand the memory. >> So thanks for that great info and how about vista/JAWS combination? >> Are they easy to navigate around? >> >> Vetri. >> >> >> >> On 30/09/2007, Harish Kotian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hi Vetri >> > >> > 1 Check if suitable drivers are available for XP, even if you go >> Vista. You >> > can consider duel boot in the interem. >> > 2 What is the period you intend to use the new laptop. >> > 3 In Vista, you can make it a part of your RAM, any, pen drive you >> plug in. >> > So, enhancing memory is no hassel. >> > 3 It makes sense buying current than picking out dated technology. It >> may >> > hurt in the future. >> > 4 Christmas is not far, where you can get better deals out there. It >> will >> > give you opportunity to check on the Jaws 9 beta. This of course, if >> you can >> > wait all that long. >> > >> > Harish. >> > >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Adhimoolam Vetrivel Murugan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 1:27 AM >> > Subject: [AI] Should I migrate to the new opporating system? >> > >> > >> > > Hi everyone, >> > > >> > > I am shopping for new laptop and exploring various possibilities. My >> > > main concern is the windows operating system. All of you in India >> are >> > > lucky since windows XP is still made available there, but most >> laptops >> > > here in US are migrating to Windows vista. I have been told by a >> > > couple of my friends that Vista even with 1 GB memory is extremely >> > > slow. At the same time, there are very few computers available in >> the >> > > market with XP. So is it really worth switching to the new operating >> > > system? Or should I go for the XP even if it is a bit expensive? >> > > >> > > Thanks in advance for your valuable inputs. >> > > >> > > Vetri. >> > > >> > > To unsubscribe send a message to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > with the subject unsubscribe. >> > > >> > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other >> changes, >> > > please visit the list home page at >> > > >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i >> n >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > To unsubscribe send a message to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >> > the subject unsubscribe. >> > >> > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please >> > visit the list home page at >> > >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i >> n >> > >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i >> n >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with >> the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please >> visit the list home page at >> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. 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