I didn't hear about beer. marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francis E. Khan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading from XP to Windows 7
:I thought the bottles contained beer. : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Marilyn Walker" <[email protected]> : To: <[email protected]> : Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 2:42 PM : Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 : : : > George, someone just found a cache of 200 old sealed wine bottles under : > the : > sea and it appears that those bottles will go for a pretty penny, maybe : > over : > $100,000. a pop. If aged wine is such an attractive drink, well, being : > age : > 76 is makes you a standout. marilyn : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "George Marshall" <[email protected]> : > To: <[email protected]> : > Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 8:59 AM : > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 : > : > : > : What does that make me at 76? : > : George R. Marshall : > : [email protected] : > : ----- Original Message ----- : > : From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]> : > : To: <[email protected]> : > : Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 4:41 PM : > : Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 : > : : > : : > : > : > : > The "elderly" members of your family are in their 40's? I guess that : > : > makes me a doddering old geezer at the age of 60. : > : > : > : > Gerald : > : > : > : > : > : > ----- Original Message ----- : > : > From: "chris hallsworth" <[email protected]> : > : > To: <[email protected]> : > : > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 4:32 PM : > : > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 : > : > : > : > : > : >> No I completely understand that. Me and my sister both use Windows 7, : > but : > : >> my elderly members of my family are using XP, simply because I didn't : > : >> want them to learn a whole new operating system as they are in their : > : >> 40's! They just want to turn on a computer, surf the web, turn off : > again. : > : >> That's all. So thought why not go for XP as it's something they're : > used : > : >> to. They have both a desktop and a netbook running XP Home and : > they're : > : >> happy with it. : > : >> : > : >> : > : >> From Chris H in Derbyshire : > : >> : > : >> On 10/09/2010 21:19, Marilyn Walker wrote: : > : >>> Chris, it is all a matter of opinion. Most of us are not computer : > : >>> experts : > : >>> or developers or geeks or whatever. If xp is working for many of us : > it : > : >>> seems sort of silly to change and spend all that money just to say : > you : > : >>> have : > : >>> the latest of whatever. I have college teacher friends who are : > being : > : >>> forced : > : >>> into windows 7 at work (the college skipped Vista for good reason) : > and : > : >>> they : > : >>> are having fits about the new stuff. I don't see that Microsoft or : > : >>> anyone : > : >>> else takes into consideration that a lot of already harried : > educators : > : >>> keep : > : >>> getting slammed into all the new stuff whether it is necessary to do : > it : > : >>> or : > : >>> not. THen constant Blackboard upgrades enter the mix with the end : > : >>> result : > : >>> that all their time is devoted to computer hassles rather than to : > : >>> teaching : > : >>> students history, literature and the other things that they are in : > : >>> college : > : >>> to learn. Just my opinion. In my former life, I was quite able to : > : >>> teach : > : >>> just fine with chalk, walk and talk. I'm not convinced that all the : > : >>> newest : > : >>> technology can substitute for that unless one such as we cannot see : > : >>> without : > : >>> the technology. If xp serves one well, he or she could do worse : > than : > to : > : >>> change until forced to do so. : > : >>> What exactly, is so great about windows 7? Marilyn : > : >>> ----- Original Message ----- : > : >>> From: "chris hallsworth"<[email protected]> : > : >>> To:<[email protected]> : > : >>> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 1:43 PM : > : >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 : > : >>> : > : >>> : > : >>> : Hum, what do you exactly mean by this? Nothing is better than : > Windows : > : >>> 7 : > : >>> : so far. : > : >>> : : > : >>> : : > : >>> : From Chris H in Derbyshire : > : >>> : : > : >>> : On 10/09/2010 19:36, Francis E. Khan wrote: : > : >>> :> Thank you for the information. By 2014 we might be able to get : > : >>> :> something better than Windows 7. : > : >>> :> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Walker" : > : >>> <[email protected]> : > : >>> :> To:<[email protected]> : > : >>> :> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 2:33 PM : > : >>> :> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 : > : >>> :> : > : >>> :> : > : >>> :>> Why would you want to do that? XP will be supported into 2014 : > and : > I : > : >>> am : > : >>> :>> sticking with it because it has been a super operating system : > for : > : >>> me. : > : >>> One : > : >>> :>> of my nephews is the networking director of an important : > midwestern : > : >>> :>> university medical school and he has urged me to stick witih xp : > as : > : >>> :>> long as I : > : >>> :>> can. Marilyn : > : >>> :>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francis E. Khan" : > : >>> <[email protected]> : > : >>> :>> To: "Blind Computing"<[email protected]> : > : >>> :>> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 1:26 PM : > : >>> :>> Subject: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 : > : >>> :>> : > : >>> :>> : > : >>> :>> :I am using XP and wonder whether I can upgrade to Version 7. : > Do : > I : > : >>> :>> need to : > : >>> :>> purchase an upgrade or do I have to purchase a full version of : > : >>> Windows : > : >>> 7? : > : >>> :>> : For answers to frequently asked questions about this list : > visit: : > : >>> :>> : http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : > : >>> :>> : > : >>> :>> : > : >>> :>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list : > visit: : > : >>> :>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : > : >>> :> : > : >>> :> : > : >>> :> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : > : >>> :> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : > : >>> : : > : >>> : For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : > : >>> : http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : > : >>> : > : >>> : > : >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : > : >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : > : >> : > : >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : > : >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : > : > : > : > : > : > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : > : > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : > : : > : : > : For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : > : http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : > : > : > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : : : For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
