Hi Pam, That's great about going for the braille display. The display on the MPower is really good and I don't think you'll regret the extra money.
As for transferring files, there are two basic ways you can do that. One is to install a program on your pc which will most likely be on the CD you receive with your MPower. It's actually a program from IBM called activesync and allows for the transfer of files among other things. The other way is to get a connection to your pc over a network such as through an ethernet or wireless ethernet card. With this method you really don't need any external programs on your pc except for the network connectivity which you undoubtedly already have, especially if you're running xp. You just establish the connection over the network and then you use the file manager on the braillenote to move files to or from the braillenote from the pc. If you take the activesync approach, you would perform the file transfers from the pc side of the connection. This is a brief and somewhat incomplete explanation, but maybe it will give you an idea of how it all blends together. Don
