Oh, well, then it *does* work. So, I can abort my heart attack, and eventually upgrade to Vista Home Premium next year, still use Jaws Eight or Nine, and still use Office 2007 or 2008.
Sorry, I'm confused -- where is the problem? Mark ---------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy Podsim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] XP versus Vista Well, you can use it, but I hate it that's why I didn't take the time to learn how it works. Mark Blier wrote: > Hi, All, > > Yeah, but ... > > Where is the benefit of converting to Vista, any flavor, without being able > to use Office 2007? Why bother? > > Mark > > ---------- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jimmy Podsim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 1:30 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] XP versus Vista > > > Um, where's the problem with jaws and Vista? I'm running Vista home > premium on 2 different machines with jaws and I've even run the window > eyes demo in Vista and everything seems to work fine as long as I stay > away from office 2007. > > > > Christopher Hallsworth wrote: > >> Hi all, >> Sorry for the vague subject line, but couldn't think of what else to >> put. Also sorry for the cross posting, but you'll see why below. >> I read from one of the RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind for >> those who didn't know) magazines, Compute IT I think, that OEM >> manufacturers will no longer be able to ship XP with their computers, >> nor will retail outlets be able to sell XP. Does any of you know about >> this? Apparently it's because Microsoft will no longer manufacture the >> product, and therefore we will all be forced to switch to Vista from the >> end of January next year. I just hope by then that JAWS, at least, will >> be good enough to work with Vista as we'll have very little choice after >> the above date. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this please. My >> partner and I are personally disgusted, and may even consider switching >> away from Windows because of the complexity of using Vista with >> assistive technologies. Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you. >> Christopher Hallsworth >> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Skype name chrishallsworth7266 >> MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: >> http://www.blind-computing.com >> Address for the list archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/not known right now >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or >> body of a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >> http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php >> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following >> address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/not known right now > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following > address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/not known right now > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following > address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/not known right now To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/not known right now To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
