That's one of the problem for the blind or visually impaired community.
That's why upgrading isn't done very often. To use the new OS, you need to
upgrade the machine. That takes cash.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 6:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts on Vista and 7: was Re: challenge for
developers, post xp windows
Hi Ken and all,
One thing you need to keep in mind here is Windows 7 and Windows 8
were designed for pretty new hardware. If you don't have a fast enough
processor, memory, etc it will run poorly on the machine in question.
As I mentioned to someone else off list one factor often overlooked by
blind users is because Windows 7/Windows 8 have a lot of 3d graphics,
animations, 3d cursors, etc you need a pretty good graphics card with
a graphics processor and onboard memory to offset the new graphics
technology. If you don't have it all that graphics processing gets
taken over by your CPU and memory which results in a degradation in
performance.
Something else that makes a huge difference is a duel core verses a
single core CPU. If you have a duel core it will perform a lot
smoother and a lot better than a single core CPU. So I think all the
complaints you are making about Windows 7 can probably be blamed on a
lack of decent hardware.
Yes, I know that Microsoft says a 1 GHZ processor, 1 GB of ram, and a
minimum of 16-bit colors and 800 by 600 graphics card, but keep in
mind that is literally the absolute bare minimum. If you want to hope
to make it run worth anything you need to double that just to get
started. Truth be told you really need a modern PC with a duel core
processor, at least 2 to 4 GB of ram, decent graphics card, etc to
have Windows 7/Windows 8 run at peak performance.
Cheers!
On 5/2/13, Ken The PionEar <kenwdow...@me.com> wrote:
I definitely don't have look and feel issues when it comes to Windows 7,
since I like trying new things. It's purely an issue of response time for
me. If I hit a key and it takes a brand spankin' new computer a quarter
of a
second for Jaws to respond, there is an issue. That same computer just a
few
months down the road is even worse. I've worked with both my wife's
laptop
and my son's desktop, both using windows 7, and I'm not impressed. I used
to
have Vista on my desktop, and other than a lot of buggy behavior it
wasn't
too bad, but it wasn't like XP. I didn't feel it was stable or
responsive.
One of its best features was its accessible games. I enjoyed playing
Purble
Place with my son.
Also, I can admit to some ignorance of how to optimize it for speed. I'm
sure all the fancy animations and graphics were on, for example.
I can't say one way or another as regards to Windows 8 except that i'm
itching to try it just to see what it's like.
Check out my games at
www.ThePionEar.net
and my music, and that of my band, at
www.ThePionEar.net/BlindLabyrinth.html .
If you want to reach me, you can call 419-744-0517, friend me on
Facebook,
(KenWDowney,) or write me at kenwdow...@me.com .
Crazy Ken
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