Erin, by now you are probably already out getting your new machine but just
in case, I thought I'd try to help here.
1. Whether you get a Mac or a computer with Windows 7 will depend largely
on what you need and what you're familiar with.
Jaws 10 and 11 work quite well with Windows 7. In fact, that's what I'm
using now.
For the record, you won't be able to use Jaws with a Mac system. They have
their own voice system called Voice Over and it's pretty good. I'm a
Windows user so I don't know much about Mac but there are people who swear
by Macs. All of the programs, software and operating systems are completely
different with Mac. That doesn't make them any better or worse than
Windows, they're just different.
You will have to learn an entirely different operating system. It may well
be worth it since Mac has very few virus issues or things like worms,
malware and so on. If you buy a laptop, you'll need a minimum of 2
gigabytes of RAM in order to have Windows 7 and Jaws work comfortably
together.
In any case, good luck.
John Justice
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From: "Erin" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 6:57 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Requesting assistance on information for gettinganew
laptop.
Hello,
My name is Erin, and I'm new to the group.
I use Jaws 10 and 11 standard.
I am going tomorrow to get a new laptop.
I've been told that I either have to get seven or a mac. I don't know if
jaws works with either one of them. And if it does do I need jaws
standard or pro.
Also, I saw there were three different versions of seven, and I don't
know what the differences are.
I like to do several things on my computer. Burn and rip cd's, download
music, convert things with GoldWave, join things together, play games and
much more.
I also love to go to chatroom sites and play yahtzy. right now people
can't hear me using my vista laptop. I've been told it's because of my
sound card. However I've tried both speakers and external sound cards.
People still can't hear jaws.
As I said I'm getting a new laptop, and I'm looking for input.
Things like, the size of the harddrive, how much ram, 32 or 64 bit,
operating system, microsoft verses mac, sound card, what version of jaws,
and everything, and anything else, people can advise me with more
information.
i'm going in the morning, sorry for such short notice, but it suddenly
came up.
Thanks for all the help you all can give me.
Erin
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